CCRC in the News
Accreditors Encourage AI Use to Boost Credit Transfer Process
For transfer students, credit loss is a major barrier to degree completion. But AI may help streamline the process. In Inside Higher Ed, John Fink agreed that the use of AI could speed up the process and even make it so that equivalency criteria are more systematic and evidence-based.
Banning Undocumented Students in CTE
More than two months after the Education Department announced plans to lock out undocumented students from postsecondary career and technical education, colleges largely remain confused on how—or whether—to proceed and fearful of the impact this could have on students and their enrollment numbers. John Fink discussed what this means for dual enrollment growth in Work Shift's newsletter.
If High School Doesn’t Prepare Teens For College, One Leader Wants a ‘Money-Back Guarantee’
Too often, K-12 districts and community colleges operate in silos Elizabeth Kopko said in The Baltimore Banner. “There’s a difference between being ready for high school graduation and being college-ready,” she said. “Those two things rarely are defined the same way.”
Study: College Towns that Offer Students the Best Value
Veronica Minaya spoke about the cost of degrees and the earning expectations for certain degree pathways in a Bankrate article on the value of degrees.
CCA on the Air: More Essential Than Ever–Community College Pathways to Educational and Career Success with John Fink
In this podcast episode of CCA on the Air, John Fink discussed findings from CCRC's new book and how state and institutional leaders can implement proven strategies to help more community college students complete their programs on time and graduate career-ready.
Dual Enrollment Leads to More College Acceptances, Greater Financial Awards
Vivian Yuen Ting Liu, co-author of a recent report on the benefits of dual enrollment, spoke with Inside Higher Ed about how dual enrollment can help underrepresented students' self-confidence in the college application process and potentially encourage them to apply to more selective institutions.
How to Better Focus Community Colleges Around the Student
Community colleges are due for an operational overhaul to correct stagnating completion rates. A decade of research into some of the country’s leading institutions is driving the latest design work, Hana Lahr said on The University Business Podcast.
It's the Worst Time to Be a College Graduate in Years
Judith Scott-Clayton spoke with Newsweek about high unemployment rates for recent college graduates and whether or not this rising trend is cause for concern.
More Essential Than Ever: A Review
"This is likely to be one of the most referred-to, useful, practical books for improving student success for a long time," Matt Reed, a former community college dean, wrote about CCRC's latest book in Inside Higher Ed.
Colleges Struggle to Make Manufacturing Training Hot Again
In an interview about how community colleges should respond to the strong demand for workers trained in advanced manufacturing, Davis Jenkins told The Hechinger Report that colleges should avoid creating narrow training programs and instead teach students a broad set of skills.