Basic Needs Supports in Community Colleges
This new fact sheet explores students’ basic needs—including nutrition, housing, childcare, transportation, and healthcare—and provides policy considerations for improving basic needs supports.
Implementing the Federal Work-Study Program: A Resource Utilization and Cost Study at Six CUNY Colleges
Using information and cost data from several CUNY campuses, this brief describes the FWS program’s core administrative components, estimates the campus costs of its implementation, and shows how program scale, staffing, and technology shape these costs.
Beyond Financial Aid: How CUNY Colleges Connect Students to Federal Work-Study Jobs
Drawing on student surveys, staff interviews, and administrative data, this brief describes the pandemic-era evolution of the FWS program across multiple undergraduate CUNY colleges, highlighting institutional management challenges, student access issues, and common academic benefits of work-study jobs.
Community Colleges and Student Debt
This new fact sheet explores student debt among community college students and provides policy considerations for supporting students in making informed borrowing decisions and successfully repaying their loans.
Making Short-Term Training Policy Work: Lessons From Virginia’s G3 Program
Drawing on three rounds of site visits to eight institutions, this brief examines how Virginia community colleges implemented G3 policy and offers lessons for developing, strengthening, and expanding access to short-term training programs for high-demand jobs.