Reports & Publications
Implementing Culture Change and Student Support Programs in Rural Postsecondary Educational Institutions
The Institute for Evidence-Based Change (IEBC) received a grant from the ECMC Foundation to expand Caring Campus among rural postsecondary educational institutions (PEIs) around the United States. IEBC interviewed leaders from these PEIs to better understand the challenges and advantages of implementing culture change and student support programs in their institutions.
Case Study: Redesigning the Early College Experience to Maximize Student Success
Caring Campus is featured in this case study, “Redesigning the Early College Experience to Maximize Student Success.” Behavioral commitments from faculty and staff members are key to the creation of a Caring Campus that fosters student success.
Caring Campus: A Little Goes a Long Way
This Community College Research Center (CCRC) blog, “Student Perspectives on What Makes a Caring Campus: A Little Goes a Long Way” sheds light on the significance of Caring Campus’s efforts to improve outcomes for underserved students.
Report: Implementing Caring Campus: Strategies College Presidents Use to Improve Culture and Support Reform
Despite research pointing to the crucial role nonacademic staff play in student success in higher education, large-scale reform efforts at community colleges and elsewhere typically focus little direct attention on interpersonal interactions between students and staff.
Report Findings: Caring Campus Support Drives Culture Change Creating Improved Student Outcomes
The Community College Research Center (CCRC) report, Caring Campus: Faculty Leadership In Student Success, has positive findings in its study examining implementation and impact.
EDUCAUSE Review: Higher Education in Motion: The Digital and Cultural Transformations Ahead
Excerpted from “Higher Education in Motion: The Digital and Cultural Transformations Ahead” by EDUCAUSE President John O’Brien on the EDUCAUSE Review website. The section “Cx for Students” discusses the importance of looking at how we care…
Community College Research Center Report: Caring Campus Programs ‘Off To A Strong Start’
The Community College Research Center (CCRC), an independent research organization based at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, reports positive findings in its new study examining trending results of the Institute for Evidence-Based Change’s “Caring Campus.”
Community College Research Center Study: Implementing Caring Campus with Nonacademic Staff: Lessons from Participating Colleges
Although there is ample research on the role of faculty in creating a welcoming and inclusive campus environment, little attention has been paid to the contributions nonacademic staff can make to this effort.
Creating a Data-Informed Culture in Community Colleges: A New Model for Educators
Creating a Data-Informed Culture in Community Colleges by Brad C. Phillips and Jordan E. Horowitz, published by Harvard Education Press (2017), offers a research-based model approach for turning data into information that is useful, usable, and actionable. They draw from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral economics to demonstrate how colleges can make better use of data resulting in improvements in student success.
Report: Caring Campus: An Initiative to Involve Community College Staff in Increasing Student Success
Despite research pointing to the crucial role nonacademic staff play in student success in higher education, large-scale reform efforts at community colleges and elsewhere typically focus little direct attention on interpersonal interactions between students and staff.