Research
Exploring the New Community CollegeFunding Model in Texas
In 2024, the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) launched a new project exploring innovative state strategies for funding community colleges and building dual enrollment pathways. Read for more information on Texas's community college funding formula.
Community Colleges in Pakistan: Promoting Access and Quality Education
This is the eigth article in the first volume in a new series of briefs Mapping Community Colleges Around the World: Comparative Perspectives and Collaborative Pathways presented by ACCT and STAR Scholars Network.
“Respected and Growing”: Technical Education in Colombia
This is the third article in the first volume in a new series of briefs Mapping Community Colleges Around the World: Comparative Perspectives and Collaborative Pathways presented by ACCT and STAR Scholars Network.
Pioneering Skills for Tomorrow: Croatia’s Regional Centers of Competence
This is the second article in the first volume in a new series of briefs Mapping Community Colleges Around the World: Comparative Perspectives and Collaborative Pathways presented by ACCT and STAR Scholars Network. Click here to read the full brief of the first volume, Global Snapshots: Models, Missions, and Challenges, which profiles institutions in Colombia, Croatia, Malawi, Pakistan, South Africa, South Korea, Syria, and the United States.
The Global “College Sector”: Definitions, Characteristics, and Challenges
ACCT and STAR Scholars Network are excited to release Global Snapshots: Models, Missions, and Challenges, the first volume in a new series of briefs Mapping Community Colleges Around the World: Comparative Perspectives and Collaborative Pathways.
Here, we present the first article in Global Snapshots, a worldwide survey of community college-like institutions—of which there are over 170 distinct types, all of which provide “access for nontraditional and marginalized students, flexible paths for learning, retooling for future jobs, and opportunities for lifelong learning,” according to authors Rosalind Latiner Raby, Ph.D. and Edward J. Valeau, Ed.D.
Community College Graduates and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Community college graduates earn more, have more stable jobs, work in sectors and firms less susceptible to disruptions from COVID-19, and, notably, are able to mitigate the direct effects of the virus.
