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About CCRC
| CCRC is the leading independent authority on two-year colleges in the United States. We conduct research on the issues affecting community colleges and work with colleges and states to improve student success and institutional performance. |
Selected Resources
- Administrators & Faculty
- Institutional Researchers
- Policy Makers
This webinar looks at what college resources are required to implement a statewide redesign of developmental mathematics, drawing on interviews with faculty, administrators, and staff in Virginia community colleges.
More Resources for Administrators & FacultyFaculty Orientations Toward Instructional Reform
Get With the Program ... and Finish It: Building Guided Pathways to Accelerate Student Completion
Get With the Program ... and Finish It: Building Guided Pathways to Accelerate Student Completion
This publication examines characteristics and course-taking patterns of students who accumulate a substantial number of college credits but do not earn an award by their fifth year of enrollment.
More Resources for Institutional ResearchersTrends in Enrollment Patterns Among Community College Students
Timing of Concentration, Completion, and Exit in Community Colleges
Timing of Concentration, Completion, and Exit in Community Colleges
This policy brief summarizes the research evidence on the impacts of performance funding and suggests ways that policymakers implementing performance funding programs can address obstacles and avoid unexpected outcomes.
Recent Publications
| April 2014 | |
| Increasing Access to College-Level Math: Early Outcomes Using the Virginia Placement Test | |
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| Should Community College Students Earn an Associate Degree Before Transferring to a Four-Year Institution? | |
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| March 2014 | |
| The Medium-Term Labor Market Returns to Community College Awards: Evidence From North Carolina (A CAPSEE Working Paper) | |
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| March 2014 | |
| "They Never Told Me What to Expect, So I Didn't Know What to Do": Defining and Clarifying the Role of a Community College Student | |
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| March 2014 | |
| Resources and Reform: Thinking Through the Costs of a Developmental Math Redesign | |
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CCRC-Led Research Partnerships
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| CAPSEE investigates labor market outcomes of education pathways at two and four-year colleges. |
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| NCPR examines programs designed to help students transition to and succeed in college. |
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