To reimagine program onboarding, colleges must shift its purpose from a process focused on acquainting students with campus policies and procedures to one that helps students choose an initial direction and develop an academic plan to meet their goals.
A new approach to dual enrollment encourages community colleges to partner with middle and high schools to motivate and prepare underserved students to pursue a postsecondary degree in a field of interest directly after high school.
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.
CCRC's latest data tool shows community college awards by field alongside associated earnings and awardee demographics at national, state, and institutional levels. This dashboard can help community colleges and state systems consider which of their programs put students on paths to post-completion success.
To help community colleges retool their workforce programs to adapt to changes in the energy sector, it’s important to understand what colleges are already doing. CCRC researchers spoke with Allison Moe, a research project manager at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, about connecting with community and technical colleges and the potential impacts of a new CCRC study.
