CCCSE’s Mission
By delivering “aha” moments about the student experience based on insights that matter, CCCSE assists institutions and policymakers in using information to promote improvements in student learning, persistence, and attainment.
Call for Proposals
Three leaders at CCCSE—Dr. Courtney Adkins, Dr. Linda García, and Dr. Mike Bohlig—are serving as guest editors of a special issue of New Directions for Community Colleges (NDCC). We invite articles that examine the student experience through the lens of data captured by CCCSE survey instruments. Submissions are welcome from researchers, faculty, and graduate students from across the two- and four-year sectors. Abstracts are due by August 15, 2024, with full manuscripts due by February 1, 2025.
Research Leadership Transition
After 15 years of committed and impactful service to CCCSE, Dr. Mike Bohlig is retiring. Replacing him as CCCSE’s associate director for research is Dr. Alicia Betsinger. Please take a moment to read the official announcement. It includes some words from Dr. Bohlig and Dr. Betsinger as well as more comprehensive acknowledgements of Dr. Bohlig's accomplishments while at CCCSE and the skills and expertise Dr. Betsinger will bring to the organization and to the field at large.
Report on Guided Career Pathways
How Clear Is Their Path? Guided Career Pathways and Community College Students explores how prepared community college students are to meet their career goals. Over 90 percent of students responding to the 2023 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) indicated they had chosen a career path. But many of those respondents were missing vital information about what that path would entail. This report contains data from 83,189 students across 199 community colleges who responded to CCSSE in spring 2023.
Focus Group Videos: Guided Career Pathways
Report on Transfer Supports
Helping Community College Students Climb the Transfer Ladder highlights factors that help students have clearer plans regarding transfer, as well as areas in which they may need more guidance. This report contains data from 8,836 entering students across 40 community colleges who responded to a SENSE 2022 special-focus module on transfer supports.
Report on the Online Learner
The Online Student: Impact of Course Modality on Engagement highlights the differences in engagement between students who take all their classes online and those who take classes in person. The data in the report are based on a survey administered in spring 2022 to 82,824 students from 181 colleges across 41 states. One in five of the survey respondents reported taking all their classes online.
Report on Community College Basic Needs
Mission Critical: The Role of Community Colleges in Meeting Students’ Basic Needs explores housing and food insecurity among community college students and highlights the struggle many students experience. The data presented in this report are based on a survey administered in spring 2021 to over 80,000 community college students from 194 institutions across the United States.
- CCSSE 2025 registration is open!
- Dr. Mike Bohlig retiring effective September 1, 2024.
- Dr. Alicia Betsinger joins CCCSE as its new Associate Director for Research.
- CCCSE joins the Education for All coalition, a joint effort to promote student civic engagement.
- Dr. Marisol Garza joins CCCSE in the new role of Program Manager, Institutional Engagement & Capacity Building.
- CCCSE partners with Complete College America to provide technical assistance to colleges in Kentucky, Maine, Ohio, and South Carolina on the topic of guided pathways.
- CCCSE receives grant from ECMC Foundation to study Culture of Caring.
- CCCSE partners with newly established National Disability Center for Student Success.
- Research Affiliate Program aims to increase community college visibility in the field.
- CCCSE partners with Qualtrics to deliver online surveys.
Community Colleges Matter
Learn more about Why Community College Matter.