CCRC in the News
College Transfer Enrollment Plummeted Another 7% Last Year; Biggest Drops for Low-Income, Female & Asian Students
“Four-year institutions have really taken transfer students for granted,” John Fink told The 74 in a new article on declining transfer rates. “This really should be a wake up call for them to rethink and focus on how they can better partner with their community colleges.”
‘The Reckoning Is Here’: More Than a Third of Community College Students Have Vanished
The Hechinger Report reached out to Davis Jenkins to discuss community college declines and their broader implications. The Associated Press also spoke with Jenkins in a related video interview.
Spring Enrollment Steady, but Not for All Institutions
“Enrollments are really in sort of a deep hole. It’s definitely moving in the right direction, but there’s a lot of ground to make up,” John Fink told Inside Higher Ed in a recent article on current term enrollment data.
US Community Colleges Regain Enrollment
COVID-19 recovery at two-year campuses is tied to gains among older students and high school dual programs, but challenges still remain, Times Higher Education reports.
Striving to Use Technology to Smooth Transfer Connections
A digital transcript sharing company and a software company that helps manage course and program sharing, dual enrollment, and transfer recently teamed up. Inside Higher Ed spoke with John Fink about this combined operation and its promise to improve the transfer process for students.
Do Work-Based Courses Pay Off After Graduation?
Community College Daily gives a run down of Yang "Rachel" Zhou's study on work-based learning, breaking down the data and addressing possible reasons why experiential learners may earn less in the long run.
After a Decade of Growth, Degree Earners Decline
For the first time since 2012, the number of undergraduate degree earners fell, leaving many to wonder whether the declining numbers signal a bump in the road caused by the pandemic or a lasting change in the higher education landscape. Inside Higher Ed talks to CCRC's John Fink about the issue.
Upward Transfer System Is Failing Black Students
New data released by National Student Clearinghouse Research Center shows transfers from two-year community colleges to four-year colleges and universities declined by almost 8% between fall 2021 and fall 2022.
New Research Shows Benefits of Summer Pell
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education reports on a new study led by Vivian Yuen Ting Liu that shows that students who received summer Pell were more likely to stay in school, get a degree, and earn more money nine years later.
College Grads With Work-Based Learning More Likely to Land Jobs— but See Mixed Results on Earnings
Work Shift spoke with Rachel Yang Zhou about her latest publication on experiential learning, which suggests that college graduates who participate in work-based learning are more likely to land a job than those who don’t experience such learning.