Research Projects
November 2017–August 2020
CCRC is partnering with the Tennessee Board of Regents and the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges to produce a series of practitioner-oriented research reports and briefs as well as a field guide with associated tools to help practitioners implementing pathways measure the effectiveness and costs of their reforms.
June 2019–November 2020
In this project, CCRC will study the costs of implementing guided pathways at three colleges in Michigan, Texas, and California to determine if the reforms are a sustainable strategy for these institutions in the current business environment.
September 2018–August 2020
This research project is designed to better understand the drivers that can increase equitable access to and success in dual enrollment, early college high schools, Advanced Placement (AP), and International Baccalaureate (IB).
June 2019–July 2020
CCRC is developing two tools to help colleges identify equity gaps at the program level and to reflect on current policies and practices that may be contributing to inequitable outcomes and seek to change them.
January 2017–May 2020
CCRC is assessing the effectiveness of the career guidance strategies two leading Florida community colleges are implementing as part of larger guided pathways reforms they are implementing.
July 2014–March 2020
In partnership with MDRC, CCRC is conducting an evaluation of CUNY Start, a pre-matriculation program designed to help students with substantial needs in basic skills to succeed in college.
January 2018–December 2019
This project examined how humanities and liberal arts coursework influences bachelor's degree completion for students who transfer from community colleges.
November 2016–December 2019
Through this project, CCRC will provide practitioners and policymakers with actionable findings that can be used to plan, implement, and refine developmental English, developmental reading, and ESL reforms and to improve postsecondary literacy outcomes.
May 2016–November 2019
With CCRC, this Achieving the Dream (ATD) project seeks to build institutional capacity to better integrate and engage adjunct faculty in student success initiatives and to understand and address the opportunities and challenges faced by colleges employing part-time faculty.
March 2019–August 2019
CCRC is documenting emerging practices in credit/noncredit workforce education program alignment among a set of 13 community colleges identified by the Capital One Foundation.
October 2015–June 2019
CCRC is examining whether American Honors students are more likely than similar students to persist and transfer.
January 2017–May 2019
CCRC is conducting research on the implementation of the CUNY ASAP scale-up at Bronx Community College, using data gathered from interviews and discussions with students, administrators, and faculty to inform and refine the implementation process in real time.
September 2016–April 2019
CCRC is conducting a formative evaluation of the Mathematics Pathways to Completion (MPC) focusing on the state-level and institutional-level conditions necessary to scale math pathways across colleges.
March 2012–October 2018
CCRC is examining early assessment and transition curricula in four states and conducting a rigorous evaluation of the outcomes of students who participate in selected transition curricula in two states.
March 2015–September 2018
CCRC is evaluating a project to test and expand Kentucky’s online, personalized, competency-based learning system for training IT workers in the computer and medical fields.
May 2016–July 2018
CCRC is working with NAF to conduct research on NAF students’ postsecondary outcomes as well as students’ experiences in the transition from high school to college.
January 2016–June 2018
This project will examine stackable sub-baccalaureate credentials within three state higher education systems. Given the pressures on colleges to offer these credentials and the need for skills accumulation by workers, we expect the results of this study to be an important contribution to the discussion on the design of postsecondary credentials and their impact on the labor market.
September 2015–December 2017
CCRC is partnering with Public Agenda and the Aspen Institute to promote the widespread adoption of high-impact strategies for improving degree completion among students who start in community colleges seeking bachelor’s degrees.
July 2011–June 2017
A federal center that operated from 2011 to 2017, CAPSEE conducted research on the employment and earnings benefits associated with a broad range of postsecondary education pathways.
January 2016–December 2016
CCRC studied the outcomes of students who transfer from Macomb Community College, their success rates at various destination institutions, and the factors that underlie their success and failure.
