CCRC in the News
Helping Low-Income Students Navigate College
Intensive and highly targeted college preparation programs can help a small number of first-generation students excel, but they aren't enough to boost overall graduation rates, CCRC Senior Research Scholar Elisabeth Barnett told The New York Times.
As California Law Looks to End Remedial Education, New Studies Show State’s Community Colleges Showing Uneven Progress in Adopting Math and English Reforms
CCRC Senior Research Associate Jessica Brathwaite spoke to The 74 for this piece on the impact of California's law mandating that community colleges significantly reduce the number of students in developmental education.
Census Data Inform Community College Research
The Census is a wellspring of information for community college researchers, CCRC Postdoctoral Research Associate Vivian Liu told Community College Daily.
Crain's Editorial: Yes to Tri-C Levy
In this editorial, Crain's Cleveland Business argues that the community should vote to increase taxes to fund Cuyahoga Community College. They use CCRC's case study on guided pathways at Tri-C as evidence for why.
Colleges and States Turn Their Attention to Slow-Moving Part-Time Students
Davis Jenkins questions the value of advising students to take their time in this Hechinger Report story that looks at what colleges are doing to help more part-time students graduate.
Common Threads in Guided Pathways
This Community College Daily story highlights CCRC's September 2019 guided pathways report, which includes five case studies and describes the institutional change process at colleges around the country.
Who Shouldn't Go to College?
On the Economix blog of The New York Times, Judith Scott-Clayton argues that those who are dismissive of college don't recognize how much higher education has changed and how much vocational training is now offered on college campuses.
