How COVID-19 Changed Students’ Plans for Community College in Fall 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect community college students. This blog post summarizes the level of disruption at the start of this academic year compared to the disruptions of the last academic year in a simple phrase: “half as much.”

Understanding the Strengths and Challenges Facing Rural Community Colleges

This blog post describes key takeaways from our guided pathways summer institute for rural colleges, including suggestions for reframing the barriers many colleges face as assets.

To Build Back Enrollment, Community Colleges Must Ensure That Their Programs Are Worth Completing

It's not enough to make it easier to go to college; to boost enrollment, students must have access to valuable programs. To that end, our latest interactive tool shows you what credentials students are completing at your college or in your state.

Guided Pathways Reforms Designed With Equity in Mind

This post describes how guided pathways reforms can create the conditions for students to see a broader range of opportunities for themselves and then help students successfully realize those opportunities.

Prior Learning Assessment: A Key Piece of the Credit-Noncredit Discussion

To boost adult enrollment and credential attainment, community colleges must make it easier for students to secure college credit for their previous work experience.

What HBCUs Can Teach Us About Culturally Sustaining Practices

Colleges must move beyond structural fixes and address discrimination head-on. One way they can do so is by building culturally sustaining practices into their support services and classroom instruction.

CCRC’s Summer Institute on Guided Pathways Helps Rural Colleges Accelerate Reform

The program, which was designed specifically for rural colleges, focused on using data to overcome common challenges.

Make Your Voice Heard for More Actionable, Equity-Focused Dual Enrollment Data

The Department of Education is considering adjustments to IPEDS to better clarify and capture data on dual enrollment. Comment on the proposal—which would yield data disaggregated by student race/ethnicity and gender—by August 6.

Ask-Connect-Inspire-Plan: How to Reimagine Onboarding into a Program of Study

To help more students gain early momentum, community colleges need to update onboarding to focus on helping students enter a program of study aligned with their interests, strengths, and aspirations.

Rethinking Community College Workforce Programs

In this essay, Jim Jacobs argues that community colleges need to consider whether their workforce development programs are helping or hurting their equity missions.

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