CCRC Welcomes Five Interns for Summer 2023
This summer, the research and communications teams at CCRC are joined by five undergraduate interns. With backgrounds ranging from research and psychology to journalism and the humanities, this summer’s cohort brings fresh perspectives and energy to CCRC.
What is the Role of Community Colleges in Healthcare Training?
To better understand the role that community colleges play in training healthcare workers, CCRC analyzed data from the U.S. Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) to describe the availability of health-related programs—including nursing, allied health, and public health—and the number and characteristics of students who completed credentials in those programs. Maria Cormier breaks down what the data suggests about community college healthcare programs.
Inside CCRC: Aurely Garcia Tulloch on the Dual Enrollment Experience, Youth, and Increasing Access to Higher Education
Aurely Garcia Tulloch reflects on how family, her passion for higher education, and her own experiences as a former dual enrollment student led her to her current research, which centers students and the dual enrollment experience.
Letter From the Director: Post-Affirmative Action, How Community Colleges Can Advance Racial Equity in Higher Education
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.
Stealth Transfer: How Former Dual Enrollment Students Are Disrupting Postsecondary Education for the Better
Dual enrollment students, or “stealth transfer students,” and their pathway are becoming increasingly hard to ignore. Aurely Garcia Tulloch explains the issues this raises for both two- and four-year institutions and how the transfer pathway could be better leveraged for increasing college access and equity in a new blog post originally published by Inside Higher Ed.
