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.
Focus Group Videos: 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.

Report on What Helps Community College Students Persist
Roughly 40 percent of community college students do not persist from their first fall enrollment to the following fall.
https://nscresearchcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/PersistenceRetention2022.pdf

- CCCSE partners with newly established National Disability Center for Student Success.
- CCCSE leaders are interviewed for Empowering Women in Educational Leadership radio show.
- CCCSE staff and affiliates pen several new articles.
- CCCSE partners with Excelencia in Education to provide technical assistance on the Community Colleges Transforming by Engaging Latino Students pilot project.
- CCCSE launches pilot survey focused on dual enrollment students.
- CCCSE receives grant from The Kresge Foundation to explore student mental health and well-being.
- 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.