Welcome to the
Center for the Study of Community Colleges
Relevant Research for Improving Leadership, Policy, and Practice
About Us
The Center for the Study of Community Colleges is a non-profit 501(c)(3)
research and policy organization based
in Los Angeles, California.
The Center's mission is to improve community college effectiveness and student success by engaging in and supporting research related to community college leadership, practice, and policy.
What We Do
The Center for the Study of Community Colleges engages in and supports research for improving community college leadership, policy, and practice.
This work occurs in three primary strands.
The Center is the fiscal home of the Council for the Study of Community Colleges, an AACC-affiliated scholarly association comprised of university-based researchers and community college practitioners dedicated to furthering community college scholarship.
Through the Council for the Study of Community Colleges, the Center is able to promote and disseminate exemplary research on the community college enterprise.
As a stand-alone nonprofit research organization, the Center is uniquely positioned to conduct national investigations of community college practice, policy, and student success and to collaborate with other community college scholars and organizations. Recent Center projects have examined community college governance, transfer and articulation reform, civic learning and democratic engagement, and deliberative practices. Funders include the Bill & Melinda Gates,
Walter S. Johnson, Spencer, Hewlett, and Kettering Foundations.
Center Grants for Innovative Research on Community Colleges are periodically awarded to one or more members of the Council for the Study of Community Colleges. The purpose of these grants is to engender and support innovative research with direct application to community college policy or practice.
Center Grants range from $500 to $10,000, depending on the year, number and quality of proposals, and associated budgetary requirements.
News & Events
Keep up with the latest from the Center for the Study of Community Colleges
CSCC's 66th Annual Conference
Call for Proposals Available Now!
The Council for the Study of Community College's 2025 conference will be held at the
Westin Book Cadillac Detroit
April 3 - 5, 2025.
Click here for the 2025 Call for Proposals; more information available at www.cscc.pitt.edu.
Contact Us
To contact the Center, please use the form below
or click here for mailing address, email, and phone number
9544 Cresta Drive Los Angeles, California 90035 (310) 951-3565 info@centerforcommunitycolleges.org