Letter From the Director: Coronavirus Pandemic

CCRC is deeply concerned about how the coronavirus will affect community colleges and their students. Here, Director Thomas Brock reflects on responses to the pandemic thus far and describes the important role open-access institutions can play as the country rebuilds from this crisis.

Why Martha Kanter Says Free College Is About More Than Money

In a February talk at Teachers College, the executive director of the College Promise Campaign and the former under secretary of education explained why free college programs must be sustainable, nonpartisan, and evidence-based.

League for Innovation Annual Conference: CCRC Live Blog

CCRC researchers presented on guided pathways, equity, and more during the 2020 League for Innovation in the Community College annual conference. Check out we happened in Seattle!

Corequisite Remediation Is Shown to Improve Gateway Course Outcomes. Now What?

In this new blog post, CCRC's Florence Xiaotao Ran describes recent findings on corequisite remediation and poses three vital questions for moving the field forward.

Bringing Guided Pathways Reforms to Life Through the “Voices of Pathways” Film Series

CCRC researchers Amy Brown and Hana Lahr consulted on a new film series focused on the challenges and successes that community college practitioners face when implementing guided pathways.

Fixes for Short-Term Pell

In this essay for Inside Higher Ed, CCRC Research Affiliate James Jacobs describes three potential unintended consequences of allowing students to apply Pell funds to short-term training programs.

Community Colleges and the Future of Work

Forthcoming work from CCRC and MIT aims to assess how community colleges can prepare students—particularly those from low-income and first-generation backgrounds—to adapt to and succeed in the evolving workforce.

The Year in Review: A Look Back at CCRC in 2019

Before 2019 is up, take a stroll down memory lane to check out what you may have missed from CCRC. From presentations and new papers to blog posts and our CAPR conference, it’s been quite the year!

The Secret Sauce to District-Wide Guided Pathways Governance and Employer Engagement

Jothany Blackwood of San Antonio College describes four specific strategies for facilitating strong governance and employer engagement when implementing whole-college reforms.

Learning With Colleges About How to Enact Whole-College Reforms

In the latest installment in our guided pathways blog series, Alison Kadlec, who co-founded Sova, describes five principles for helping higher education institutions build capacity for large-scale change.

The Untapped Potential of Librarians in Supporting Guided Pathways

In this blog post, Shanna Smith Jaggars, one of the coauthors of Redesigning America's Community Colleges, describes a section of the book that was left on the cutting room floor: how librarians can bolster guided pathways.

CCRC Working With Colleges to Create Data Tool for Aligning Credit and Noncredit Programs

In this blog post, CCRC's Maria Cormier describes a new project aimed at facilitating and improving colleges' efforts to better align their credit and noncredit offerings.

Guided Pathways at Community College of Philadelphia: A Catalyst for Institutional Change

In the second installment of our practitioner blog series, the president of Community College of Philadelphia describes how thoughtfully engaging the entire campus community in guided pathways work bolstered the impact of the reform.

Acceleration for All? Mapping Racial Equity in Access to AP and Dual Enrollment

In a new CCRC working paper, Di Xu, John Fink, and Sabrina Solanki look at participation in Advanced Placement and dual enrollment courses across the country and how they differ by race and ethnicity. Here, John Fink presents two interactive tools for exploring their findings by district and metro area.

Lesson Study at Portland Community College: Is a Collaborative Approach to Active Learning Sustainable?

In this Q&A, Michele Marden, who teaches developmental mathematics at Portland Community College, describes her experience with Lesson Study. She enjoyed the opportunity to work with colleagues but questioned the longevity of the intervention in the wake of limited resources.

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