• November 14, 2025

Evolving Job Market, Soaring Loan Debt Drive Students to Community Colleges

As community college enrollments grow, Thomas Brock spoke with The Hill about the value of degrees and the importance of ensuring students have clear pathways to jobs that pay living wages.

• November 11, 2025

Friday 5 Live! The Future Of Dual Enrollment: National Trends and What’s Next

Aurely Garcia Tulloch discussed key topics in CCRC's research on dual enrollment and where dual enrollment is headed in this video podcast segment with Innovative Educators.

• October 29, 2025

College Grads Who Land Better Jobs Right Out of School Still Earn More Than Their Peers 5 Years Into Their Careers, Study Finds

“The first job after college really does seem to have this long-lasting predictive power for how grads are doing, at least in terms of their earnings years later,” CCRC's Judith Scott-Clayton told CNBC Make It.

• October 29, 2025

Shorter Term, Bigger Gain? More Colleges Try Eight-Week Calendar

Hoori Santikian Kalamkarian shared with EdSource that shortened academic terms were a promising strategy to increase course completion rates, but that it depends on how they are implemented.

• October 22, 2025

Unexplored Stories on Community Colleges

CCRC's Tom Brock spoke with Education Writers Association about the biggest story threads unfolding in community colleges, including dual enrollment, male enrollment, costs, and the impact of the Trump administration's policies.

• October 20, 2025

The Next Phase of the Guided Pathways Movement

Inside Higher Ed talked with CCRC's Davis Jenkins about his new book, More Essential Than Ever: Community College Pathways to Educational and Career Success, written with Hana Lahr, John Fink, Serena C. Klempin, and Maggie P. Fay.

• October 18, 2025

Texas Study Reveals Power of Combined Accelerated Programs for College Success

The EDU Ledger reported on CCRC's report on Texas students who combine dual enrollment with other accelerated coursework. The findings suggest a missed opportunity for CTE students seeking technical career paths, the Ledger reports.

• October 17, 2025

New Research Shows Your First Job After College Matters More Than Your Major—Here's Why

Investopedia reported on a new CCRC study that found that the quality and timing of a graduate’s first job explain most of the earnings gap between low- and high-income students five years after college.

• October 17, 2025

Combining Dual Enrollment With AP Courses Yields Positive Student Outcomes

Inside Higher Ed reported on CCRC's new report on combining dual enrollment with AP courses or with a CTE concentration. The report found that students combining either CTE or AP with dual enrollment had higher college graduation rates and earned more after college than students who took AP, CTE, or dual enrollment alone.

• October 15, 2025

Expanding Dual Enrollment Into CTE

A CCRC report examining combinations of accelerated coursework at Texas high schools is calling for the expansion of dual enrollment to career and technical education (CTE) programs, saying there’s an opportunity to “broaden the benefits of accelerated coursework to more students.”