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In recognition of the power of the baccalaureate degree to improve the quality of life for those individuals and their families who achieve the degree, the ACCT (Association of Community College Trustees) and the Community College Baccalaureate Association (CCBA) recently …

Community College Research Initiatives' New Baccalaureate Series: Data Note 3 Updating the National Landscape: State Adoption of Community College Baccalaureate Degrees by Maria Claudia Soler, Ph.D., Research Affiliate with CCRI, University of Washington Given the changing policy context across the …

 This is the third data note on the project Scaling Community College Baccalaureate Degrees: The Equity Imperative. The goal of this research is to examine degree-granting policies, institutional adoption, and program implementation related to community college baccalaureate (CCB) degrees in …

As you know, the California legislature has restricted its legislative actions in this session to items pertaining to the recovery from Covid-19. Other items filed during this legislative session have been eliminated. Regrettably, one of the casualties is SB 874 …

Dr. Debra Bragg is director of Community College Research Initiatives at the University of Washington in Seattle and founding director of the Office of Community College Research and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her most recent articles …

As companies are looking to their local community colleges to build their workforce through professional development opportunities, CCBA member South Texas College has been one of the key drivers propelling the economy of the Rio Grande Valley...

With high school seniors making national headlines and the fall university semester in question, community colleges must assume that a growing number of graduating seniors and associate degree completers will seek opportunities to pursue their bachelor’s degree closer to home …