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Ellen Wasserman

Research Associate

Ellen Wasserman is a research associate with CCRC. Working with the Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative, she is researching how technology can be used to enhance students’ use of self-directed learning skills in online STEM courses. In addition, Wasserman is working on the Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness (CAPR) to track postsecondary developmental education reform. Wasserman’s research interests also include community college baccalaureate programs, improving persistence for first-generation community college students, and faculty development that fosters cultural strengths awareness and inclusive teaching practices for racially/ethnically minoritized students.

As an adjunct professor of English and First-Year Seminar at Westchester Community College, Wasserman has a passion for student success. Through her work at CCRC, she hopes to support efforts to increase equitable access to degree attainment for community college students.

Wasserman holds an EdD in community college leadership from New Jersey City University, an MAT in secondary education English from Manhattanville College, and a BA in English from Barnard College.

November 2024

Supporting Faculty to Meet the Needs of Adult Students in Online Learning

This journal article reviews evidence on adult learners taking online courses, describes online teaching practices that draw on a self-directed learning skills framework, and outlines an evidence-based embedded coaching program that improves student outcomes.
April 2024

Self-Directed Learning Skills: Strategies to Support Student Learning in Online STEM Courses

This Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative brief discusses some of the challenges with online teaching reported by STEM instructors, describes a self-directed learning (SDL) framework to address these challenges, and highlights support strategies that can be integrated into teaching practices.
March 2024

Access to Success: Insights for Implementing a Multiple Measures Assessment System

This CAPR report highlights the roles of key actors and of state context and policy in the implementation of multiple measures assessment (MMA) at 12 two- and four-year colleges in Arkansas and Texas. It also discusses costs and describes challenges, such as obtaining staff buy-in, managing student data, and ensuring sufficient staffing.
September 2023

Lessons from the Dana Center’s Corequisite Research Design Collaborative Study

Based on interview, focus group, observational, and student survey data, this CAPR brief presents findings on the design and implementation of corequisite developmental courses at four colleges, and it highlights lessons for other colleges.
April 2024

Developing Self-Directed Learning Skills in the Online Classroom: Importance and Strategies

February 2023

Care and Support in Online STEM Courses: Insights from the Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative

Recent Publications

November 2024

Supporting Faculty to Meet the Needs of Adult Students in Online Learning

April 2024

Self-Directed Learning Skills: Strategies to Support Student Learning in Online STEM Courses

March 2024

Access to Success: Insights for Implementing a Multiple Measures Assessment System

September 2023

Lessons from the Dana Center’s Corequisite Research Design Collaborative Study

Recent Presentations

April 2024

Developing Self-Directed Learning Skills in the Online Classroom: Importance and Strategies

February 2023

Care and Support in Online STEM Courses: Insights from the Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative

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