CCRC in the News
Boom Time for Maine’s Community Colleges
Enrollment in the state's two-year system hit an all-time high this fall, despite national declines and the state’s aging population. John Fink told Inside Higher Ed that the big takeaway from Maine is that the state is delivering "not just a promise to students [of free college], but a pathway to get them there."
WA Colleges Help Transfer Students Chart a Path to Four-Year Degrees
With the present transfer system, gaps in transfer success are inevitable, John Fink told The Seattle Times. “In so many ways, we’ve set this up not to work for students."
A DEEPer Approach to Dual Enrollment
For dual enrollment to be transformational at scale, it needs a revamped strategic approach that aligns better with students’ interests and potential career pathways, and expands access to underserved students, Community College Daily reports.
Dual-Credit Programs Are Growing, But Do They Reach the Students Who Need Them Most?
“We need to build and tap into students’ motivation,” John Fink told EducationWeek about rethinking dual credit courses. "If you’re going to broaden access to dual enrollment, you also have to up the supports to make sure students succeed and do well in these courses.”
Dual Enrollment Is Exploding. How Can Colleges Make Sure It’s Equitable?
“You can’t have equity without quality,” John Fink told The Chronicle of Higher Education about dual enrollment course offerings. “You can’t just try to broaden access and not give students a good-quality, well-aligned dual-enrollment course. That’s not doing anybody any favors.”
Equity-Focused Possibilities for Dual Enrollment
“These are programs of privilege,” John Fink told Inside Higher Ed. “The mind-set that educators bring to them and the way that policies are set up reinforces the idea that dual-enrollment courses are advanced courses for students who are already on the college track."
Dual Enrollment Are Often ‘Programs of Privilege,’ Report Says
High schools and colleges typically offer a “laissez-faire” approach to dual enrollment, which means that high school students will randomly pepper their schedule with college courses with little focus on a college or career plan. This approach tends to favor more privileged students, EdSource reports.
4 Ways to Ensure Underresourced Students Excel in Dual Enrollment Outcomes
CCRC researchers created the Dual Enrollment Equity Pathways (DEEP) program to help K12 and higher education work together to help those who would benefit the most from dual enrollment actually realize success in the program. University Business distills four recommendations for rethinking dual enrollment. This article also appears in District Administration.
The Dual Enrollment Experience: Pathways to Academic Success
Last year, around 1.4 million high school students engaged in dual enrollment coursework. In this podcast episode of The Future of Education, Davis Jenkins dives deep into the fascinating world of dual enrollment — a rising higher education trend that’s reshaping the educational journey for high school students and the colleges that serve them.
Report Finds Guided Pathways Adoption Slow
“There has been a lot done on the ground not only to implement the processes in the Guided Pathways model, but to scale them,” Taylor Myers told Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. “This is something that takes a lot of time. This is not an overnight reform.”