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News and Updates

CCRI goes to Florida!

CCRI Advances Coaching for Change (C4C) Efforts

As a national partner of Jobs for the Future (JFF), CCRI supports the Coaching Program with strategy development. Since 2017, CCRI has collaborated with Student Success Center (SSC) executive and assistant directors from around the country to advance statewide coaching initiatives. Building on lessons learned from the Coaching Pilot, CCRI is partnering on Jobs for the JFF鈥檚 (SSCN) Guided Pathways Coaching program to support SSCs in operationalizing and developing their state designed coaching plans for guided pathways implementation at scale and other reform efforts. Five SSCs from around the country received grants to participate in this two year program.聽

These five SSCs convened for a half-day workshop to learn from and about each other鈥檚 coaching program and tools we created for them to advance their coaching work. The discussion we facilitated allowed SSCs to share and learn from one another on the following topics; strategic planning, college readiness for coaching, and advancing racial equity. Throughout the discussion, we introduced drafts of our tools and resources related to each of these topics that are grounded in organizational change, coaching principles, , and .

Designing Destiny: How to Engage in Equity and Inclusion

CCRI鈥檚 Dr. Lia Wetzstein and Katie Kovacich joined Oregon鈥檚 SSC and New York鈥檚 Rockland Community College in leading a working session at Jobs for the Future鈥檚 (JFF) Postsecondary State Network Bi-Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale.聽

In our session, Designing Destiny: How to Engage in Equity and Inclusion, we used frameworks based on Reflective and Critical Reflective Practice and the Collaboration Continuum to give attendees the tools and strategies they need to navigate and facilitate the sometimes difficult conversations that people must have in order to truly engage in the critical work of improving diversity, equity, and inclusion. We highlighted practices at both the system and institutional levels, and offered examples from the coaching model being used in the and the engagement strategy that Rockland Community College uses to build campus-based support with and through stakeholders.

Three Keys to Launching Bachelor’s Programs at a Community College

We鈥檙e pleased to share a on expanding community college baccalaureate programs written by Ivy Love, a policy analyst with one of our partners, the (CESNA), published by the online higher education newspaper, , June 12. We found these insights informative and hope you and your colleagues at colleges who are looking to launch bachelor鈥檚 programs do as well.

 

AERA Annual Meeting 2019

CCRI researchers聽enjoyed presenting research on high performing transfer partnerships and faculty as change agents at the American Education Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in April. It is great to engage and learn from our colleagues at these events – especially those who show up ready to ask questions at 8 a.m. sessions!聽

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Developing Faculty Change Agents: CSCC Presentation Recap

Improving access to STEM education and jobs depends in part on rethinking how science is taught in the classroom and how students are introduced to career pathways. CCRI鈥檚 Debra Bragg is an external evaluator for an NSF-funded project that supports and encourages faculty to lead that kind of change. In March, she joined the researchers involved in the project to facilitate a session at the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) Annual Conference. Continue reading “Developing Faculty Change Agents: CSCC Presentation Recap”

CCRI at NISTS 2019

At the NISTS 2019 conference our very own Lia Wetzstein, Ling Yeh, and Debra Bragg led a session on聽understanding the multiple ways partnerships are enacted and what policy, practice, and cultural norms promote or inhibit these collaborations. Our team drew upon qualitative data from one of our larger multi-state, mixed-methods studies of two and four-year institutional pairs that outperform others in their state at transfer and completion. We interviewed faculty, staff, and students and will present findings on the various factors that influenced their partnerships.

If you find the below presentation of interest, please consider attending NISTS 2020 in February!

CCBA Conference 2019

CCRI shared recent work on community college baccalaureates (CCB) alongside partners from New America at the Community College Baccalaureate Association conference last week. In addition to presenting the results of a national landscape study, the researchers also facilitated a session on equity concerns and tactics for CCBs.

The Evolving Landscape for Community College Baccalaureates

Recently CCRI began working with New America鈥檚 Center on Education and Skills (CESNA) to refresh and expand understanding of CCB degrees nationally. The study builds on a national landscape study Dr. Bragg co-led in 2009 and focuses on state adoption and implementation of these degrees. During the CCBA conference, director Debra Bragg and researcher Maria Claudia Soler presented initial findings with New America鈥檚 Mary Alice McCarthy and Ivy Love. They highlighted what鈥檚 happening in states that are new adopters (e.g., Missouri & Ohio), potential adopters (e.g., New Hampshire & Wyoming), and mature adopters (e.g., Florida & Washington). In addition, the researchers led discussion on the important developments in institutional support for baccalaureate degree programs and student enrollments, and completion and employment. Issues related to demographics, geography, program (occupational) foci, and program approval were also covered. For more information about this study, view the recent .

The Equity Imperative

Exploring the equity of policies and processes related to community college is a core element of CCRI鈥檚 mission. CCRI Director Bragg brought this expertise to the CCBA conference alongside her New America colleagues. Their presentation shared evidence that prompts the need for an equity framework 鈥� such as the lower college completion rate for students of color () 鈥� and provided guidance on how to develop that framework. Presenters聽focused聽on barriers to enrollment and success in baccalaureate programs across higher education sectors (e.g. cost, information asymmetry, time poverty) and how community colleges can and are rising to meet these challenges. They also facilitated small group discussions on policies and program design elements that foster equity in community college baccalaureate programs.

NISTS Conference 2019

Transfer as part of the path toward聽bachelor’s degree attainment聽is increasingly more common and often the route taken by underserved students. The recent National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NISTS) 聽experienced record attendance this year demonstrating an increased interest聽in studying and sharing best practices on the transfer process and efforts to impact education equity. CCRI researchers Lia Wetzstein and Theresa Ling Yeh added to this conversation with a presentation on findings from CCRI鈥檚 s (HPTP) study.

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