Publications
What We Know About Nonacademic Student Supports
This practitioner packet summarizes the research on nonacademic student supports and suggests ways to implement a system of nonacademic supports that will have more sustained impacts on student success.
Envisioning Performance Funding Impacts: The Espoused Theories of Action for State Higher Education Performance Funding in Three States
This study reviews the theories of action that advocates of performance funding have espoused for higher education in three states that are leaders in performance funding: Indiana, Ohio, and Tennessee.
Book Review: "Higher Education in the Digital Age"
Melinda Mechur Karp reviews Higher Education in the Digital Age and argues that the author ignores the potential stratifying effects of online learning in higher education.
Enhancing Rigor in Developmental Education
This issue of Inside Out describes how community college faculty are working to increase rigor within reformed developmental education classrooms.
Trends in Enrollment Patterns Among Community College Students
This publication examines the diversity of enrollment patterns among community college students and demonstrates a novel graphical technique for displaying large numbers of enrollment patterns.
Performance Funding for Higher Education: What Are the Mechanisms? What Are the Impacts?
This monograph reviews the national and state literature on the forms and impacts of performance funding, and it includes policy recommendations and suggestions for further research.
A Contextualized Curricular Supplement for Developmental Reading and Writing
This journal article describes two experiments conducted with developmental students that investigated the impact of a contextualized intervention focused on written summarization and other reading and writing skills.
The Economic Benefits of Attaining an Associate Degree Before Transfer: Evidence From North Carolina
Using data on credit accumulation, award receipt, and earnings, this paper examines whether it is better for students to earn an associate degree before transferring to a four-year college.
Improving Students' College Math Readiness: A Review of the Evidence on Postsecondary Interventions and Reforms
This CAPSEE working paper reviews current research on the effectiveness of interventions and reforms that seek to improve the math preparedness and success of high school students entering college.
Strengthening Developmental Education Reforms: Evidence on Implementation Efforts From the Scaling Innovation Project
Drawing on a scan of remedial reform efforts and fieldwork at 11 colleges, this paper examines trends in reform implementation and provides a framework for strengthening reform efforts and institutional capacity.
Literacy Skills Among Academically Underprepared Students
This article reviews studies published from 2000 to 2012 on the literacy skills of underprepared postsecondary students and identifies reading and writing processes that have been overlooked in the literature.
Introduction to Special Issue of Community College Review: Skills and Trajectories of Developmental Learners
This introduction summarizes the purpose and key findings of the four articles in a special edition of the Community College Review.
Timing of Concentration, Completion, and Exit in Community Colleges
This publication compares how long it takes students to reach important progression milestones based on their level of academic readiness upon entry.
The Opposing Forces That Shape Developmental Education: Assessment, Placement, and Progression at CUNY Community Colleges
Based on a case study of the City University of New York's six community colleges, this publication identifies the conflicting motivations that shape developmental education reform efforts.
Access and Success With Less: Improving Productivity in Broad-Access Postsecondary Institutions
This article reviews research on what community colleges and less selective public universities can do to graduate more students at a lower cost without sacrificing access or quality.
Financial Aid Policy: Lessons From Research
This article reviews the evidence on various student aid programs and their effects on college enrollment, persistence, and completion and discusses the implications of these findings for aid policy.
Reshaping the College Transition: States That Offer Early College Readiness Assessments and Transition Curricula
This short paper identifies states in which local and statewide efforts have been made to implement early college readiness assessments and transition curricula.
Entering a Program: Helping Students Make Academic and Career Decisions
This literature review examines the evidence on student decision making in the community college, focusing on the activities most relevant to students’ entry into programs of study—academic and career planning.
Tracking Student Progression Through the Core Curriculum
This publication, the second in CCRC’s Analytics series, examines the progression of community college students in transfer-oriented programs through the general education core curriculum.
A Growing Culture of Evidence? Findings From a Survey on Data Use at Achieving the Dream Colleges in Washington State
This report examines the use of data on students by faculty, administrators, and student services staff at six Washington State colleges that joined Achieving the Dream in 2006–2007.