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How Do New Community College Students Choose a Program of Study?

  • Essays
  • Multiple authors
  • Monday, August 25, 2025
Researchers explore new students’ decision-making process around programs and careers through a study conducted in partnership with four community colleges in California, Maryland, Ohio, and Texas.

Learning English in College: Immersion Program Versus Academic ESL

  • Essays
  • Melissa Cruz Duque
  • Monday, August 25, 2025
CCRC intern Melissa Cruz Duque examines two CUNY pathways for English learners: the intensive English Language Immersion Program (CLIP) and traditional academic ESL courses.

The Role of Dance Education in Community Colleges

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  • Heather Dougherty
  • Wednesday, August 6, 2025
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How does dance education function in the community college setting? Dance instructor Heather Dougherty shares what she learned from surveying dance instructors at community colleges across the country.

Teaching and Learning as if the Future Matters

  • Essays
  • Bret Eynon
  • Monday, August 4, 2025
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Community college faculty are finding creative ways to infuse climate literacy into students' required courses. In this blog post, Achieving the Dream's Bret Eynon explores how instructors are addressing climate topics in their classrooms.

Letter From the Director: Update on the Loss of Federal Funding to CCRC

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  • Thomas Brock
  • Monday, August 4, 2025
In July, Columbia University and the Trump administration reached an agreement to reinstate federal research funding. Unfortunately, the settlement did not include grants from IES. In this director's letter, Thomas Brock provides an update on how these developments affect research at CCRC.

Inside CCRC: Helen Kim on International Student Challenges

  • Interviews
  • Melissa Cruz Duque
  • Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Inside CCRC with Helen Kim
Meet Helen Kim, CCRC's summer communications intern! In this Q&A, Kim shares a bit about the challenges she's faced as an international student and how she’s thinking about her next steps in higher education.

Inside CCRC: Melissa Cruz Duque on the Diverse Application of Research

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  • Helen Kim
  • Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Inside CCRC Q&A with Melissa Cruz Duque
Melissa Cruz Duque is a summer intern at CCRC. Learn more about how her college journey has shaped her role as a communications intern at CCRC in this Q&A.

Introducing CCRC’s Dual Enrollment Student Advisory Panel

  • Announcements, Interviews
  • Aurely Garcia Tulloch
  • Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Introducing CCRC's Dual Enrollment Squad
CCRC's dual enrollment team has put together a student advisory group to keep their research grounded in students' perspectives. Meet the students on the panel, dubbed the dual enrollment squad!

Fellows From First PEAR Cohort Awarded Education Sciences Certificates

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  • Communications Staff
  • Monday, June 30, 2025
The first group of PhD students being trained for careers in higher education research through the Postsecondary Education Applied Research (PEAR) Fellowship at Teachers College has been awarded Education Sciences Certificates, marking a major milestone along their path to a doctoral degree.

Exploring Corequisite Reform in Louisiana: Year 1 Insights and What’s Next

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  • Hollie Daniels Sarica
  • Thursday, June 26, 2025
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CCRC is studying how colleges in the Louisiana Community and Technical College System are designing and delivering corequisite models in practice and how students and faculty are experiencing these changes.
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