Skip to content
  • Research

    Focus Areas

    • Dual Enrollment
    • Developmental Education
    • Guided Pathways
    • Advising & Student Supports
    • Teaching & Learning
    • Transfer
    • College to Career
    • Dual Enrollment
    • Developmental Education
    • Guided Pathways
    • Advising & Student Supports
    • Teaching & Learning
    • Transfer
    • College to Career

    Publications Library

    CCRC’s complete collection of publications

    Presentations

    Webinars and conference presentations with CCRC researchers

    Guided Pathways Workshops

    Materials from our do-it-yourself workshop series

    Policy Resources

    Our collection of federal policy briefs and fact sheets

  • About Us
    • About CCRC
    • CCRC Staff
    • Research Affiliates
    • Advisory Board
    • Biennial Report
    • Employment
    • Contact
    • About CCRC
    • CCRC Staff
    • Research Affiliates
    • Advisory Board
    • Biennial Report
    • Employment
    • Contact
  • News
    • CCRC in the News
    • Opinion
    • Press Releases
    • CCRC in the News
    • Opinion
    • Press Releases
  • Community College FAQs
  • Blog
  • Pandemic Recovery
  • Overview
  • Important Dates
  • FAQs
  • Overview
  • Important Dates
  • FAQs
  • Overview
  • Important Dates
  • FAQs

Selena Cho

Senior Research Assistant

Selena Cho is a senior research assistant at CCRC working on the CUNY Corequisites, Ohio Strong Start in Science, and Scaling Shortened Academic Terms projects. At CCRC, Cho has conducted qualitative research on students’ college experiences, curricular reform, reform implementation and scaling, student supports, faculty learning and engagement, and pathways from two-year colleges to four-year institutions and/or careers. She is especially dedicated to elevating students’ perspectives to play a larger role in the research and practices that shape their educational experiences.

Cho holds a master’s degree in education policy from Teachers College, Columbia University, with a specialization in data analysis and research methods. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Yale University. Cho was also a member of the Education Studies Scholar Program at Yale.

July 2025

Student Experiences in Corequisite Courses at CUNY

This CAPR brief provides an overview of corequisite course models at three CUNY colleges and, using student focus group data, describes three factors that improved students’ experiences with corequisites and three factors that presented challenges for students.
November 2024

Lessons on Scaling Corequisites: The City University of New York’s Transition From Prerequisite to Corequisite Academic Support

This CAPR report draws on interview data with faculty and staff to examine how seven City University of New York colleges transitioned to fully scaled corequisite courses in English and math and the implications of their choices for early implementation.
November 2024

Creating Caring Campuses: A Faculty-Led Approach

This journal article describes the design of the Caring Campus–Faculty program, presents findings from four years of research on important practices and outcomes, and describes implementation experiences at one college that adopted the program.
October 2023

A Foundation and a Fire: Strengthening Humanities Education in Community Colleges

Drawing on quantitative and qualitative data, this report presents findings from research on humanities coursetaking at Michigan community colleges conducted as part of the Strengthening Michigan Humanities project.
May 2023

Implementing Caring Campus: Strategies College Presidents Use to Improve Culture and Support Reform

Based on interview data, this report examines a set of seven strategies that presidents of community colleges implementing Caring Campus are using to develop a more positive college culture and to support this culture-focused reform.
March 2023

Smoothing Pathways to Transfer in the Humanities: A Report on the Strengthening Michigan Humanities Project

This report describes the rationale, goals, and activities of the Strengthening Michigan Humanities project, and it provides statewide statistics and trends on community college enrollment, transfer, and bachelor’s degree completion in humanities fields.
January 2023

Caring Campus: Faculty Leadership in Student Success

Caring Campus/Faculty is a program aimed at increasing students’ connection to college; this report shares findings from a study on how it is being adopted at several colleges, including insights into effective faculty engagement and implementation.

Recent Publications

July 2025

Student Experiences in Corequisite Courses at CUNY

November 2024

Lessons on Scaling Corequisites: The City University of New York’s Transition From Prerequisite to Corequisite Academic Support

November 2024

Creating Caring Campuses: A Faculty-Led Approach

October 2023

A Foundation and a Fire: Strengthening Humanities Education in Community Colleges

  • Our Research
  • About Us
  • Publications
  • News
  • Community College FAQs
  • Blog
  • Pandemic Recovery
  • Our Research
  • About Us
  • Publications
  • News
  • Community College FAQs
  • Blog
  • Pandemic Recovery

Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University
Box 174 | 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027

  • 212.678.3091
  • ccrc@columbia.edu

© 2025. All rights reserved.

Facebook-f Twitter Linkedin Youtube Instagram
Join our mailing list
  • Our Research
    • Focus Areas
    • Publications Library
    • Presentations
    • Guided Pathways Workshops
    • Policy Resources
  • About Us
    • CCRC Staff
    • Research Affiliates
    • Advisory Board
    • Biennial Report
    • Employment
    • Contact
  • News
  • Community College FAQs
  • Blog
  • Pandemic Recovery
  • Our Research
    • Focus Areas
    • Publications Library
    • Presentations
    • Guided Pathways Workshops
    • Policy Resources
  • About Us
    • CCRC Staff
    • Research Affiliates
    • Advisory Board
    • Biennial Report
    • Employment
    • Contact
  • News
  • Community College FAQs
  • Blog
  • Pandemic Recovery