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How Many Community Colleges Fully Recovered Their Enrollments Three Years After the Pandemic? Too Few.

Newly released fall 2023 enrollment numbers offer the most detailed look yet at how individual community colleges and state systems have fared since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using interactive data dashboards, users can explore trends among student subgroups in particular states and institutions.

Aligning Jobs Training to the Opportunities and Demands of the Green Economy

As part of an applied research agenda to build knowledge and tools to support community colleges in preparing students for high-value jobs in the green economy, CCRC is partnering with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to conduct a one-year landscape study of green training programs at U.S. community colleges.

Eight Strategies to Strengthen the Value of Community College Credentials

In this blog post, the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program and CCRC share strategies used by community colleges participating in the Unlocking Opportunity Network to put students on paths toward high-value careers or successful transfer opportunities.

Text for Success: Moorpark College’s Innovative Tutoring Program Improves Math and English Completion Rates

Jamie Whittington-Studer and Crystal Salas of Moorpark College explore key takeaways from their college's implementation of a tutoring program that makes reaching out for support as simple as sending a text.

Student Voices: Learning From Former Dual Enrollment Students

Aurely Garcia Tulloch shares the stories of four former dual enrollment students, including why they chose to participate in dual enrollment and how they think their experiences could have improved.

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