In 2013, CCRC developed an advising framework called SSIPP (sustained, strategic, integrated, proactive, and personalized). Now, researchers are working to understand how SSIPP principles can help colleges facilitate post-completion success.
As artificial intelligence (AI) raises questions about the future of work, community college students are considering how it might affect their career prospects. Veronica Minaya explores results from a survey of students at four community colleges on how AI might influence their job prospects and program choices.
Building on existing research conducted on Virginia’s G3 program, a new project will explore broader questions about Virginia's workforce financial aid landscape, including longer-term G3 outcomes and how colleges are integrating Workforce Pell alongside existing financial aid programs.
This blog post explores how prior evidence on corequisite supports can inform college student success, and how a new initiative, Ohio Strong Start in Science, may provide early evidence on how other states can approach science gateway reform through corequisite support.
New data show dual enrollment has continued to expand across the country. In this blog post, CCRC's John Fink shares key takeaways from updated 2024-25 IPEDS data on dual enrollment, including a dashboard that shows the number of high school students enrolled at colleges in each state.
Many community college students enter college motivated to earn a credential, transfer to a four-year institution, or secure a good job. But even students with clear goals may not have a plan. A new CCRC research brief examines why individualized career and educational plans are essential to student success.
In honor of the first anniversary of "More Essential Than Ever," the authors reflect on lessons from the book and share details about the next phases of their research on guided pathways, including a new scale of adoption assessment colleges can use to measure their scaling efforts.
A recent CCRC paper outlines how high schools and colleges define and navigate their roles and responsibilities within dual enrollment partnerships. In this blog post, the authors share four takeaways for supporting successful dual enrollment partnerships.
At Volunteer State Community College in Tennessee, a professional development program designed to help faculty understand the needs and strengths of students taking corequisite courses is central to the college's approach to developmental education reform.
How can states invest in forms of dual enrollment that produce the greatest returns for students, employers, and taxpayers? A new policy brief addresses how states can help more colleges and school districts adopt and sustain purposeful dual enrollment practices.
