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CCRC's Judith Scott-Clayton testified before the Senate HELP Committee on the need to simply the FAFSA form as a matter of equity and college access.

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Though remote experiences cannot replace the relationships students and advisors build when they're together on campus, here's how colleges provided support when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

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CCRC's Sarah Griffin and Maria Scott Cormier describe three key skills employers expect community college graduates to possess amid the evolving economic environment.

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Since the pandemic began, CCRC has considered COVID-19's implications for community colleges. Here, you'll find a roundup of our coronavirus-related blog posts and media mentions.

In this blog post, experts offer ideas for keeping staff and students engaged and feeling supported while everyone is remote.

Anti-Racist Policy Should Include Adequate, Equitable Community College Funding

Budgets signal who and what a society values. To that end, anti-racist higher education policies should allocate greater financial resources to community colleges.

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Latest Research Findings

The Dual Enrollment Playbook: A Guide to Equitable Acceleration for Students
September 2020
The Dual Enrollment Playbook: A Guide to Equitable Acceleration for Students

Based on research conducted in three states, this report identifies five principles that undergird the strategies and practices of equitable dual enrollment partnerships.

Labor Market Trajectories for Community College Graduates: New Evidence Spanning the Great Recession
August 2020
Labor Market Trajectories for Community College Graduates: New Evidence Spanning the Great Recession

This paper estimates labor market returns to terminal associate's degrees and certificates, with a particular focus on how returns for different credential types evolve over a longer period of time (11 years post-entry) than most prior studies.

The Effect of Job Displacement on College Enrollment: Evidence From Ohio
August 2020
The Effect of Job Displacement on College Enrollment: Evidence From Ohio

Using employer-employee-student matched administrative data from Ohio, this paper provides the first direct evidence of workers' enrollment responses following mass layoffs in the United States.

Do Differential Grading Standards Across Fields Matter for Major Choice? Evidence From a Policy Change in Florida
August 2020
Do Differential Grading Standards Across Fields Matter for Major Choice? Evidence From a Policy Change in Florida

Using administrative data from Florida, this article examines the effect of changing the grading scale from whole-letter grades to plus/minus grades on STEM major choice.

New on CCRC's Mixed Methods Blog

September 21, 2020

This essay is adapted from CCRC Senior Research Scholar Judith Scott-Clayton's testimony before the Senate HELP Committee on the need to simplify the FAFSA form as a matter of equity and college access.

September 16, 2020

Though remote experiences cannot replace the relationships students and advisors build when they're together on campus, colleges across the country adapted to provide support to their most vulnerable learners when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Here, researchers describe some of the strategies they implemented. 

August 20, 2020

Technology and the COVID-19 pandemic have disrupted employment and accelerated changes to the workplace. Here, CCRC's Sarah Griffin and Maria Scott Cormier describe three key skills employers expect community college graduates to possess amid the evolving economic environment. 

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