Publications

This chapter examines the extent to which career academies deliver on their promises.

This article describes how the missions of the community college have varied over time and across geographical regions, and examines how missions complement and conflict with one another.

This article explores the evolution of the workforce development role of the community college, its interactions with other missions of the college, and the current crisis facing workforce development.

This special issue of New Directions for Community Colleges aims to stimulate community college leaders to reexamine their institution’s functional missions in the context of the community college’s societal missions.

This literature review locates the sources of challenges to academic momentum in both student characteristics as well as state and institutional practices and policies.

This article calls for community colleges, on behalf of their students, to join the national discussion of how income and wealth are created.

This report provides an audit of state policies in Ohio affecting access to, and success in, community colleges for students of color and low-income students.

This report provides an audit of state policies in Connecticut affecting access to, and success in, community colleges for students of color and low-income students.

This article features findings from a commissioned audit of state policies on community college access, success, and accountability in seven states.

This paper presents findings from CCRC's study on the experiences and educational outcomes of older and younger community college students.