The Mixed Methods Blog

Perspectives from our researchers, highlights from recent studies, and other news about CCRC

2018 Innovations Conference Showcases CCRC Research

college campus students working together

The League’s Innovations Conference in National Harbor, MD, which ran from March 18–21, gave our researchers a chance to update community college faculty and staff on several projects CCRC has been working on, and to explain interim findings that might give some answers to the common problems colleges face.

Thomas Bailey, Founding Director of CCRC, Named Next President of Teachers College, Columbia University

Thomas Bailey of CCRC

Thomas Bailey, the director of the Community College Research Center (CCRC) since its founding in 1996, has been named the next president of Teachers College, where he has been an economics of education professor since 1990.

High School-to-College Transition Courses on the Rise

High School-to-College Transition Courses on the Rise

What are transition courses, and why are they growing in popularity? What do we know about their effectiveness? This blog post shares findings from a CCRC scan of transition courses.

Dr. Jill Biden Calls for Research to Understand Student Lives in Address at CCRC 20th Anniversary

Dr. Jill Biden Calls for Research to Understand Student Lives in Address at CCRC 20th Anniversary

In her keynote presentation at CCRC's 20th-anniversary event, Dr. Jill Biden emphasized the need for researchers to "document the lived experience of our students" and for colleges to offer wraparound services.

Dr. Jill Biden to Celebrate CCRC’s 20th Anniversary at November Event

Dr. Jill Biden to Celebrate CCRC’s 20th Anniversary at November Event

Dr. Jill Biden, a community college educator and the wife of Vice President Joe Biden, will be the featured speaker at an event celebrating CCRC’s 20th anniversary in November at Teachers College, Columbia University.