CCRC in the News
Four Concerns—and One Cause for Hope—as Coronavirus Closes Community Colleges
In EdSurge, CCRC Director Thomas Brock outlines challenges that community colleges must confront in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, including disruptions to student progress and dwindling resources.
The Coronavirus Is Forcing Many Colleges to Go Online Only. But Will It Work for Everyone?
As the coronavirus spreads across the country, colleges must move instruction online. In this Seattle Times story, CCRC Research Affiliate Di Xu describes several strategies for making digital learning as meaningful as possible.
As Times and Students Change, Can Faculty Change, Too?
CCRC Senior Research Scholar Davis Jenkins spoke to Inside Higher Ed for this piece on how faculty need to shift their practice and perspective to account for changing student demographics.
Rural Colleges More Nimble in Scaling Up Pathways
This Community College Daily story highlights the guided pathways work underway at several rural colleges across the country.
Making Headway on ESL
CCRC's Jessica Braithwaite and Julia Raufman met with several community college academic vice presidents to describe the center's findings on English language learners. This Inside Higher Ed piece details how doing so helped push the conversation forward.
Michael Bloomberg Unveils "Progressive" Higher Education Plan
CCRC Senior Research Scholar Davis Jenkins spoke to The Hechinger Report about Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg's recently released education plan. The proposal, which Jenkins referred to as "more progressive than many of the candidates in the race," calls for free community college and an increase in Pell grants, among other provisions.
Fixes for Short-Term Pell
In Inside Higher Ed, CCRC Research Affiliate Jim Jacobs describes three potential unintended consequences of allowing students to apply Pell funds to short-term training programs.
Rethinking Remedial Education: New Study Shows College Students Did Better in ‘Corequisite’ Courses Built Around Extra Instruction and Support
This story from The 74 summarizes CCRC's November 2019 working paper on the causal effects of system-wide corequisite reform. CCRC's Florence Ran described her findings, which indicate that corequisite remediation effectively improves gateway course outcomes.
Florida Colleges Meet Developmental Ed Challenge
In this Community College Daily story, CCRC's Nikki Edgecombe discusses the effects of a 2013 Florida law that overhauled developmental education, emphasizing that research has shed light on what students are capable of and underscored the need for interventions to work in tandem.
As More Colleges Experiment With Online Remediation, Some Students Flourish While Many Others Fall Behind
In Chalkbeat, CCRC’s Nikki Edgecombe and Maggie Fay discuss the potential for computer-based developmental education courses, as well as the types of students who tend to struggle in them.