Community College Policy Center
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The Education Commission of the States, the Academy for Educational Development and the ELPS department at Iowa State University have partnered to establish a new Community College Policy Center. The Community College Policy Center (CCPC) will be a critical resource for state policymakers, community college leaders, policy analysts and researchers as they seek to fully leverage community colleges as critical mechanisms for achieving college attainment and workforce development goals. To provide the high quality information that state leaders need, the Policy Center will:
- Disseminate information on critical policy trends and issues affecting community colleges, such as state and local funding.
- Produce policy and applied research to include 50-state summaries of policies in areas such as accountability, creating seamless systems between high schools and postsecondary education, remedial education, articulation and transfer.
- Engage policymakers in live and virtual discussions on developing policy issues such as how community colleges can be better positioned to provide support to regional economic development efforts.
- Provide technical assistance to policymakers and state and local community college leaders as they seek to develop and implement effective policies and strategies for increasing degree attainment and workforce readiness of their state's citizens.