Covid-19 in California Community Colleges
College Responses, College Resources, and Student Outcomes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21752148 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cassandra M D Hart (0000-0003-3737-7891, University of California, Davis, corresponding author), Di Xu (0000-0001-5464-9858, University of California, Irvine), Emily Alonso (University of California, Davis), Michael Hill (0000-0002-8263-3615) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2025-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Research in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1573-188X • E-ISSN: 0361-0365 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11162-024-09819-1 |
| OpenAlex | W4404487360 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 20 |
In Spring 2020, colleges across the nation swiftly transitioned their operations—including both classes and student support services—to remote delivery on an emergency basis in response to the crisis posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. While prior research has documented that the transition was associated with decrements in student outcomes, there remains limited understanding of the organizational factors that might have mitigated these negative associations during the pandemic. Drawing on administrative data from the California Community College system, along with a novel survey conducted among distance education leaders, our study reveals that the degree of declines in course completion and course passing rates varied based on pre-COVID online education resources (such as the ratio of distance education personnel to students and the availability of pre-COVID professional development programs in online learning): Colleges with greater pre-COVID online resources experienced more modest declines in student performance. To a lesser extent, we also found that declines in student performance during the onset of the pandemic varied depending on the responses implemented in reaction to the pandemic, such as the extent of technology delivery to students. The implications of our findings extend to the realm of planning for the continuity of operations in potential future crises
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Community college · Economic growth · Economics · Higher education · Medical education · Pedagogy · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Disaster Management and Resilience · Medicine · Online and Blended Learning · Psychology · Internal Medicine · Virology
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Crises and Crisis Management
The impact of Covid-19 on student experiences and expectations
Profiling teachers' readiness for online teaching and learning in higher education
Tutoring in (online) higher education
Hitting where it hurts most
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The Age of Satisficing? Juggling Work, Education, and Competing Priorities during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Continuity of Operations and Organisational Resilience during the Covid-19 Pandemic
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |