Strengthening Transitions by Encouraging Career Pathways: A Look at State Policies and Practices

This report identifies ways in which state policies can support students’ academic and labor market success by creating coherent systems of preparation for students entering technical fields.
Implications of Educational Inequality for the Future Workforce

This paper discusses how economic, political, social, and demographic factors are changing in ways that will likely increase educational inequality in the United States and hamper productivity growth.
Pathways to College Access and Success

This report reviews findings from a study of five programs that allow high school students to take classes for college credit, or “credit-based transition programs.”
Is Student-Right-to-Know All You Should Know? An Analysis of Community College Graduation Rates

This working paper presents a research model that CCRC has developed to better understand the effects of institutional characteristics on student outcomes.
State Dual Enrollment Policies: Addressing Access and Quality Report

This report analyzes dual enrollment legislation in all 50 states and examines whether these policies promote or inhibit the spread of dual enrollment programs.