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An Interactive Dashboard for Exploring Pandemic Relief Funding

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An interactive Tableau dashboard developed for the ARCC Network presents publicly available award and spending data on HEER Funds from the Education Stabilization Fund Transparency Portal. Users are able to examine funding and spending trends at community colleges across the country by region, state, and institutional characteristics.

From Research to Action: Jim Jacobs Retires After More Than 25 Years With CCRC

Jim Jacobs, CCRC’s former associate director and member of the CCRC Advisory Board, has contributed to several CCRC projects on workforce education, bringing expertise he developed working on industrial development and adult education programs at Macomb Community College. As Jacobs enters retirement, CCRC reflects on his career and contributions to the field.

Introducing the Student Advisory Group for ‘Virginia Workforce Recovery: A Partnership to Strengthen G3’

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CCRC's first-ever formal student advisory group will incorporate the perspectives and experiences of students into the research on G3, Virginia's Community Colleges' workforce recovery initiative. The Advisory Group will also provide feedback on research design and initial findings and participate in disseminating the findings.

Navigating the FAFSA: What Students Say About the Financial Aid Application Process

Although there has been a movement to simplify the FAFSA application, challenges still remain. Emily Perez interviews three CUNY students on their experiences applying for financial aid and reflects on her own experiences filling out the FAFSA application.

CUNY Students and Staff on the Switch to Corequisite Courses

In fall 2022, City University of New York (CUNY) moved away from a traditional remedial course model for math and English and instead embraced the corequisite approach, which allows students to enroll in college-level courses with built-in support for the students who need it. Klaudia Wiacek investigates how CUNY students and staff feel about the major reform nearly one year after its implementation.

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