CCRC in the News
Facing Political Attack and Falling Enrollment, Colleges Take the Fight to … Each Other
Competition is intensifying among institutions and recruiters for a dwindling pool of students. “This is the clash that occurs when you have declining populations overall and declining high school graduating classes,” Davis Jenkins said in Washington Monthly.
Even Failing Dual Enrollment Students More Likely to Enroll in College
A new study out of Brown’s Annenberg Institute explores the impact that failing dual-enrollment courses has on high school students’ decision to attend college. John Fink told Inside Higher Ed that study implies that it's more important to think about whether a dual enrollment program is ready to serve all students than whether a student is ready for dual enrollment.
Quick Shifts, Promising Results
A new report highlights how community colleges can quickly increase enrollment in “high-value programs” that lead to good jobs and decrease enrollment in “low-opportunity” programs that don’t, Community College Daily reported.
Community Colleges Rethink Program Value
An initiative co-created by the Aspen Institute and the CCRC helped 10 colleges move more than 20,000 students into programs leading to jobs and bachelor’s degrees, Inside Higher Ed reported.
Driving More Students to ‘High-Value’ Programs
A new report featured in Inside Higher Ed shows how colleges can increase enrollment in programs that lead to family-sustaining jobs or clear transfer pathways.
Daily Briefing
A new report from the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program and CCRC that finds colleges can rapidly improve employment outcomes was featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education's Daily Briefing newsletter.
Helping Philadelphia Students Get a Head Start on College and Careers
Research shows students with early college credit access were far more likely to complete a bachelor’s degree by age 24 compared to peers without, John Fink shared at a meeting hosted by the Mayor's Office of Education in Philadelphia.
Amid High Youth Unemployment, Loss of Early-Career Opportunities Has Lasting Impact
Veronica Minaya spoke with The Globe and Mail about a study that found that recent graduates' first salaries play an outsized role in determining their earnings five years later.
Suffolk County Community College Grad Ivanna Moreno Headed to Columbia University
Tatiana Velasco said transferring from a community college to an Ivy League school is an exceptional accomplishment, as only a third of community college graduates choose to continue their studies. Of those, she said, "Only 20% go to a private, four-year institution and a small percentage goes to an Ivy."
More Than 40 Million Adults Plan to Pursue Education. Here’s What Stops Them.
Tom Brock spoke with The Chronicle of Higher Education about a CAEL report that finds millions of students intend to pursue higher education in the next two years, but less than half actually enroll. Brock said that simplifying the message on affordability and flexibility could dramatically change the sector.