The Public Comment Period of Higher Education Rulemaking: Your Opportunity to Influence Accreditation Policy

In this blog post, CCRC Research Affiliate Rebecca Natow describes how the public can weigh in on changes proposed by the U.S. Department of Education and why doing so matters.

The President’s Role in Improving Teaching and Learning

Community college presidents are crucial in fostering a campus culture that allows strong teaching to flourish. This blog post describes four ways leaders can embrace and encourage highly effective practice in the classroom.

Studying Teaching in Community Colleges: Creating the Conditions Where Effective Instruction Can Flourish

This post introduces CCRC's new blog series on teaching in community college. This summer, we will go inside the classroom to understand more about the practices that define high-quality instruction.

Six CCRC Staff Members Earn Degrees From Teachers College

Graduate students are essential to the work we do at CCRC. Congratulations to the six CCRC staff members who completed either a master's or a PhD this year. 

The Future of Work: Making the Education System More Flexible for the Dawning Work Ecosystem

Automation will eliminate some jobs, but certain skills will remain uniquely human, Michelle Weise told an audience at Teachers College in May.

Inside CCRC: How Stacie Long Uses Design to Make CCRC’s Work Easy to Grasp

Long uses graphics, colors, and design to improve the readability of our research while maintaining its technical accuracy.

Maggie Fay Named CTE Fellow by North Carolina State University

The fellowship will support Fay's dissertation research on how math remediation affects academic trajectories.

Can Innovation Scale? Lessons From the 2019 League for Innovation Conference

Drawing on lessons learned from CUNY ASAP, iPass, and faculty development cycles, this blog post explores why some reforms prove successful in multiple contexts, while others do not.

The Robots Aren’t Coming: Paul Osterman on the Future of Work

Paul Osterman, a professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management, discussed the future of work during a February 28 talk at Teachers College organized by CCRC.

Shrinking Racial Gaps in Student Debt and Default: Recommendations to Congress

The gaps in debt levels and default rates between White and Black college students have swelled to an alarming extent, and some U.S. senators have taken notice. Judith Scott-Clayton outlines several policy recommendations for shrinking the disparities.

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