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.
Student Parents in Community College
This new fact sheet provides an overview of student parents and the challenges they face, and provides policy considerations for supporting student parents and improving their experiences.
Understanding Dual Enrollment
This updated fact sheet describes the growth of dual enrollment, the various models and funding mechanisms, and steps colleges and high schools can take to make dual enrollment more equitable.
Community College Bachelor’s Degrees
This new fact sheet describes community college baccalaureate programs in relation to bachelor’s programs offered by four-year colleges, demographic characteristics and earnings of graduates, and considerations for program improvement.
An Introduction to Community Colleges and Their Students
In this updated fact sheet, CCRC offers a short primer on the multiple missions of community colleges, what kinds of students they enroll, what outcomes they produce, and some of the major issues they face.