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.
Former CCRC associate director and advisory board member Jim Jacobs shares insights from a study that sheds light on student concerns with short-term workforce training programs and their implications for public policy.
How can community and technical colleges adapt their practices to prepare the workforce for a shift toward sustainable energy? An event brought together higher education researchers and community college workforce leaders to address this question.
This blog post shares takeaways from a working paper on how institutions and students responded to free-college messaging from Virginia's Get a Skill, Get a Job, Get Ahead (G3) initiative.
In this blog post, researchers from the Aspen Institute and CCRC share takeaways from their work with ten community colleges and introduce tools designed to help colleges increase the number of students on a path toward high-value programs.