Opinion
Six Colleges Show How to Scale Career and Academic Planning
How can colleges help entering students explore their career and academic interests and develop personalized educational plans? Hana Lahr and Davis Jenkins share lessons learned from six colleges and steps colleges can take to rethink the organization of staff and how they use technology to recruit and onboard students in this CCDaily commentary.
The Next Step in Dual Enrollment: Career Pathways
Career-connected learning in high school is taking off. High school students and their families have become increasingly enthusiastic about it. Community colleges should share students’ and families’ enthusiasm—and use dual enrollment more strategically to build on it, Davis Jenkins wrote in Community College Daily.
Commentary: Support Nontraditional Students by Expanding Child Care at Community Colleges
Governor Kathy Hochul's proposal for free childcare is an economically sound investment that would provide essential support for parents at community colleges, who often struggle to juggle work, school, and caregiving responsibilities, Pascale Mevs wrote in the Times Union.
Staying the Course on Reforms
In an op-ed for CC Daily, Davis Jenkins, Hana Lahr, John Fink, Serena C. Klempin, and Maggie P. Fay, co-authors of More Essential Than Ever, wrote about why community colleges are so well-positioned to meet student and workforce demand and the importance of successful reforms to ensure they continue to meet students' needs.
The Bachelor's Degree: Rethinking Pathways for Students in Rural Communities
Laramie County Community College president Joe Schaffer and CCRC's Davis Jenkins and Hana Lahr wrote about paths to bachelor's degrees for rural students and how increasing bachelor's degree offerings at community colleges can serve rural populations in Inside Higher Ed.
Building on the Progress in Developmental Education Reform
Nikki Edgecombe, Julia Raufman, and Ellen Wasserman wrote about the evidence for co-requisite remediation and its potential to increase student success on the Strong Start to Finish blog.
Grant Terminated
Researchers whose federal grants have been terminated since the start of the Trump administration, including CCRC's Judith Scott-Clayton and research affiliate Daniel Sparks, describe some of the myriad impacts of the funding cuts in Inside Higher Ed.
How to Boost Community College Transfers
What can we learn from two- and four-year institutions where transfer student success is higher than the national average? Tatiana Velasco shares four key takeaways in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
The Case for Corequisite Support in Dual Enrollment
Corequisite supports could reduce inequities in what’s proven to be an important pathway for preparing students to enroll and succeed in college, Jennifer Zinth and Elisabeth A. Barnett write in an op-ed for Inside Higher Ed.
Research to Inform Stronger Adult Education ESL Policy and Practice
In this guest blog, Nikki Edgecombe and George Bunch discuss their IES study focused on identifying the policies and practices that support multilingual learners in community colleges, as well as the important role of adult education English as a second language.