Shrinking Racial Gaps in Student Debt and Default: Recommendations to Congress
The gaps in debt levels and default rates between White and Black college students have swelled to an alarming extent, and some U.S. senators have taken notice. Judith Scott-Clayton outlines several policy recommendations for shrinking the disparities.
Demography as Opportunity: Diversity as an Asset to Colleges and the Country
By framing demography as opportunity, community colleges can upend deficit orientations toward the students they enroll and make a meaningful case for additional resources, Nikki Edgecombe explains in this blog post.
John Fink Honored as a Transfer Champion by NISTS
The National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students will honor CCRC Senior Research Associate John Fink with its 2019 Champion–Catalyst award, which recognizes “game-changers in the transfer field.”
CCRC Mourns Former Westchester Community College President Joseph Hankin
We are sad to announce that Dr. Joseph N. Hankin, who served on the CCRC advisory board for a decade and led Westchester Community College for more than 40 years, died at age 78.
Letter From the Director: Responding to Research Findings on Developmental Education
CCRC Director Thomas Brock gives a broad overview of the landscape of developmental education reform. He details several strategies—including transition courses, corequisites, and math pathways—that aim to improve remediation, and describes what research has revealed thus far about the effectiveness of each approach.
