Beyond Traditional College: The Role of Community Colleges, Career and Technical Postsecondary Education in Preparing a Globally Competitive Work Force
This essay describes the characteristics of community college students and discusses the role of the community college in increasing access to higher education by traditionally underserved students.
ATE Regional Centers: CCRC Final Report
This paper analyzes how effective ATE regional centers, which work with community colleges and businesses in a single region to improve technical education, have been in meeting their goals.
Remediation in the Community College: An Evaluator’s Perspective
This working paper provides a conceptual framework for the rigorous evaluation of remedial education interventions.
CCRC Research Tools No. 2: Using Longitudinal Data to Increase Community College Student Success: A Guide to Measuring Milestone and Momentum Point Attainment
This guide is intended to help researchers in colleges and state agencies use longitudinal student unit record data to create simple and meaningful statistics on student achievement.
Do Support Services at Community Colleges Encourage Success or Reproduce Disadvantage?
This study examines the ways that student support services in community colleges inadvertently perpetuate and legitimate disadvantage.