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About the
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DATA HUB

The Community College Data Hub (CCDH) is a is freely accessible collection of datasets and data-related publications associated with community colleges that can be used to improve practice and policy and extend scholarship related to the community college enterprise. 

The CCDH is a collaboration between the Center, the Belk Center for Leadership and Research at NC State University, and the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan. Data in the CCDH series have been selected by subject-matter experts from the Center and the Belk Center and are curated and indexed by ICPSR. They can be used by a broad range of scholars and scholar-practitioners for secondary analysis and/or institutional improvement.

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The CCDH facilitates data access and use through intentional collaboration with community college scholars, higher education doctoral programs and students, community college member associations and state system offices, and scholar-practitioners working in the colleges today.

The result is a widely-disseminated collection of community college data and scholarship, accessible in multiple, actionable formats, utilized to improve practice and policy and extend scholarship related to the community college enterprise.

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Access the Community College Data Hub here.

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Interested in learning more about the CCDH and accompanying datasets?  Click here to access a free CSCC webinar sponsored by the Belk Center, titled "PACE Survey Data: A Use Case for the Publicly Available Community College Data Hub."

Useful Time Stamps:

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  • 2:30 About the Belk Center and the Center for the Study of Community Colleges

  • 8:15 What data are included in the CCDH (and what’s coming soon)?

  • 11:50 What does ICPSR/CCDH data curation involve?

  • 14:40 How to search the CCDH by study, variable, or publication

  • 16:50 Demonstration of how to download and conduct secondary analysis on datasets in the CCDH

  • 21:00 About the PACE Survey Data

  • 27:00 National trends and opportunities for future research with PACE data

  • 42:15 How do you cite/attribute data from the CCDH and do you need IRB approval for secondary analysis?

  • 45:55 Using CCDH data for institutional comparison/benchmarking

  • 50:40 Using CCDH data in class or for research projects/dissertations

  • 54:25 Long-term plan for the CCDH and its importance in ensuring access to valid and reliable data in today’s political climate

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