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Thomas Brock

Thomas Brock is the director of the Community College Research Center.

Letter From the Director: Loss of Federal Funding to CCRC

  • Tuesday, 15 April 2025
  • Thomas Brock
  • Essays
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On March 7, CCRC was notified by the U.S. Department of Education that four of its grants from the Institute of Education Sciences had been terminated. In this blog post, Thomas Brock describes the scope of the cancelled projects and the effects of the federal funding loss.

Letter From the Director: Post-Affirmative Action, How Community Colleges Can Advance Racial Equity in Higher Education

  • Monday, 3 July 2023
  • Thomas Brock
  • Essays
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CCRC Director Thomas Brock responds to the Supreme Court's decision to strike down race-conscious admissions practices and advocates for open-access institutions as a tool to increase racial equity.

Letter From the Director: COVID Funding for Community Colleges

  • Monday, 10 August 2020
  • Thomas Brock
  • Essays
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The next COVID-19 federal relief bill should more fairly distribute aid to community colleges, which educate a significant number of students belonging to communities disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Letter From the Director: Coronavirus Pandemic

  • Wednesday, 25 March 2020
  • Thomas Brock
  • Essays
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CCRC is deeply concerned about how the coronavirus will affect community colleges and their students. Here, Director Thomas Brock reflects on responses to the pandemic thus far and describes the important role open-access institutions can play as the country rebuilds from this crisis.

Letter From the Director: Reflections on a Year at CCRC

  • Monday, 30 September 2019
  • Thomas Brock
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CCRC Director Thomas Brock highlights community college reform initiatives and research projects at the core of the center's work and describes two new studies that aim to inform the development of solutions in the field moving forward.
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