For the first time since 2012-13, the number of undergraduate credential earners in 2019-20 did not increase over the prior year, according to new data released by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. However, there…
The average completion rate* for students who first enrolled in public community colleges in fall 2016 rose to a record high of 33.7% – up from 30.1% the prior year – based on new data from the U.S. Education…
The novel coronavirus has affected all aspects of society and the economy. But what do the data say about the impact of the pandemic on community colleges? Getting timely and reliable data on two-year colleges…
“*” will soon appear on many statistics. For the sports fan looking at stats, the NHL and NBA seasons ended early, making season stats incomparable with prior seasons, not to mention that neither league may…
The Community College Research Center (CCRC) released two new blog posts today. The first one examines community college enrollment trends during the Great Recession as a lens to view the impacts of COVID-19 on enrollments this…
The COVID-19 pandemic has required community colleges to shift from in-person instruction to online and virtual instruction for most classes. Colleges were forced to make this transition in just a few days. It is too…
The effects of the recession: Right after the most recent recession marked the peak in the percent of community college students receiving federal aid. But the recession also appeared to have cooled employers’ willingness to…
The American Association of Community Colleges’ Voluntary Framework of Accountability (VFA) can be a powerful tool for colleges to drive institutional improvement. Knowing where to start or what to concentrate on can be daunting. These…
The federal government recently released a new set of student outcome measures that are an improvement over traditional graduation rate metrics but still fall short of the data needed to better understand community college student…