Michal Kurlaender

The purpose of this project is to examine the result of policy changes due to California Assembly Bill 288 (AB288), enacted in 2015 to create the College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) partnership. CCAP increased the prominence of Career and Technical Education (CTE) at the high school level by allowing high schools and community colleges to enter joint partnerships and offer dual enrollment courses that count towards both a high school diploma and an associate degree from California comm...

Despite the pressing need to ensure that more students obtain a postsecondary degree, little is known about the aspects of specific program components that lead to college readiness and degree completion. This study investigates the efficacy of a fully-developed state program intended to better support the transition from high school to postsecondary schooling by reducing the need for remedial courses in college- California's Early Assessment Program (EAP). Two potential mechanisms by which...

The purpose of this Network project is to assess pandemic recovery efforts undertaken by the California Community Colleges (CCC) through a set of research and dissemination activities aiming to: (1) determine what recovery activities CCC have engaged in, and how supplemental federal, state, and philanthropic dollars were spent in those efforts; (2) examine which of these recovery activities have contributed to improving student outcomes; and (3) engage community college leaders and state pol...

The Community College Recovery Research Network Lead provides the organizational structure needed to ensure that the Network runs smoothly and accomplishes its goals and objectives. The Network Lead coordinates bi-annual meetings of the entire Network as well as ongoing working group meetings focused on crucial pandemic recovery topics. The Lead will conduct independent research on pandemic recovery activities and enrollment patterns at community colleges across the United States to inform t...