Office of Community College Research and Leadership
Our mission is to use research and evaluation methods to improve policies, programs, and practices to enhance community college education and transition to college for diverse learners at the state, national, and international levels.
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Working Together to Create a Transfer-Receptive Culture
Episode 48, March 2, 2021
In this episode, José Del Real Viramontes talks with Santiago Bernal, Alfred Herrera, and Dimpal Jain about how community colleges, four-year colleges, and universities can work together to develop and enhance a transfer-receptive culture.
OCCRL UPDATE on Research and Leadership

Fall 2020 Update
This issue includes the following articles:
- The Multiple and Nuanced Ways Universities Perpetuate Settler Colonial Aims of Erasure for Indigenous Students
- Parenting Students in Higher Education Benefit from Community Colleges, but More Research is Needed
- Advancing Equity in Career and Technical Education in Illinois
- Latinx Community College Students: Navigating Pathways to the Doctorate
- Foster Youth and Basic-Needs Insecurity
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