Press Releases

May 27, 2025

Education Department Cuts Could Leave Colleges Without Critical Data. Here’s What Students Need To Know.

BestColleges spoke with CCRC director Thomas Brock and research affiliate Jordan Matsudaira about cuts to the non-partisan Institute of Education Sciences that could lead to gaps in the data typically used to improve student outcomes.

May 15, 2025

Takeaways From IPEDS’ Dual Enrollment Data

John Fink joined an episode of Parchment's podcast to explore the key takeaways from CCRC’s analysis of IPEDS data and unpack how dual enrollment shapes students’ postsecondary experience.

May 14, 2025

Can Middle Schoolers Handle College? This San Jose School Is Finding Out

Research shows that high schoolers who take college classes are more likely to attend college and graduate, but there’s little research on how middle school students fare, John Fink told CalMatters.

May 13, 2025

College Costs Would Soar for Some Low-Income Students Under Republican Bill

CCRC's Veronica Minaya spoke with The Hechinger Report about a proposed bill that could affect Pell recipients' completion rates, especially at community colleges.

May 9, 2025

Dual Enrollment Numbers Are Rising. Colleges Want Them to Keep Growing.

As more students take college-level classes in high school, John Fink spoke with EdSurge about ways to ensure the classes are accessible to everyone.

May 7, 2025

More States Are Allowing Community Colleges to Offer Bachelor's Degrees

Davis Jenkins spoke about community colleges offering bachelor's degrees for an NPR story on rural students' access to higher education. The article also appeared in The Hechinger Report.

May 2, 2025

Collections on Defaulted Student Loans May Affect Millions of People's Credit Scores

ABC News spoke with Judith Scott-Clayton about what will happen to student loan borrowers who are delinquent on payments.

April 24, 2025

N.C. Community Colleges Want $100 Million to Remake Program Offerings

Maria Cormier spoke with The Assembly about a proposed funding model, Propel NC. Rather than allocating money among the 58 community colleges based on full-time course enrollment, the new model would fund programs designed to lead to high-demand jobs in their areas.

April 18, 2025

3 Strategies for Improving Upward Transfer

Inside Higher Ed reported on a CCRC report outlining recommendations to raise transfer outcomes for two-year college students.

April 17, 2025

Building on the Progress in Developmental Education Reform

Nikki Edgecombe, Julia Raufman, and Ellen Wasserman wrote about the evidence for co-requisite remediation and its potential to increase student success on the Strong Start to Finish blog.

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