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.
CCRC intern Melissa Cruz Duque examines two CUNY pathways for English learners: the intensive English Language Immersion Program (CLIP) and traditional academic ESL courses.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
How can community colleges increase the rate at which students complete programs that prepare them for post-completion success, whether that is a living-wage job or efficient transfer into a bachelor’s program? A June webinar explored this question, central to CCRC’s forthcoming book.
CCRC's Nikki Edgecombe spoke with the National Association of College and University Business Officers' Kelli Rainey and Jim Hundrieser to learn more about strategic planning in support of student success.
Across the country, two-year colleges are rolling out innovative programs to mitigate climate-related challenges. Community Colleges and Climate Futures, a webinar series sponsored by CCRC and the Foundation for California Community Colleges, aims to help community colleges strengthen their efforts through storytelling and connection.
After more than fifteen years at CCRC, Nikki Edgecombe will be joining ECMC Foundation. Elizabeth Ganga had the opportunity to talk with her about her time at CCRC and where she’s headed next.
To facilitate high school students earning college credit, postsecondary and K-12 educators must collaborate to make decisions about dual enrollment course offerings. In a new CCRC working paper, the authors examined variation in dual enrollment partnerships across Texas and estimated how characteristics of these partnerships predict student success.
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