This updated fact sheet describes the growth of dual enrollment, the various models and funding mechanisms, and steps colleges and high schools can take to make dual enrollment more equitable.
Nikki EdgecombeElise SwansonThomas BrockMaria S. CormierChristopher AveryCarmen Huynh
This book chapter describes how state funding formulas, enrollment declines, and federal recovery investments during the COVID-19 pandemic intersect to shape future prospects for community college revenues and spending patterns.
This new fact sheet describes community college baccalaureate programs in relation to bachelor's programs offered by four-year colleges, demographic characteristics and earnings of graduates, and considerations for program improvement.
In this updated fact sheet, CCRC offers a short primer on the multiple missions of community colleges, what kinds of students they enroll, what outcomes they produce, and some of the major issues they face.
This updated fact sheet outlines challenges in supporting successful student transfer from community colleges to four-year institutions and considerations for improving the transfer process.
Konrad MugglestoneMillicent BenderTess HenthorneTania LaVioletKathryn MastersonKristin O’KeefeKate WilliamsonJoshua WynerDavis JenkinsSerena C. KlempinHana LahrAurely Garcia Tulloch
This practice guide builds on the work of colleges in the Unlocking Opportunity Network by offering practical strategies that can help more students graduate with credentials that lead directly to good jobs or transfer and successful attainment of a bachelor’s degree.
This article examines a decade of research on guided pathways whole-college reforms at over 100 community colleges nationally, their effects on student outcomes and college performance, and next-frontier reforms needed to further improve student success.
Serena C. KlempinEstefanie Aguilar PadillaAkilah H. ThompsonHana Lahr
This report discusses the program choice process among 42 student interviewees; it describes factors that influenced their choice and how their choice often changed, and it offers recommendations to better support students in selecting a program.
Based on survey findings from 480 former students who stopped out of community college before the start of their second year, this report sheds light on the experiences of this population and their reasons for leaving college.
Drawing on survey and interview data, this article describes what students want from their dual enrollment experiences and implications for college and K-12 leaders working to strengthen their dual enrollment programming.
