ECRC research looks at strategies to help students be successful in postsecondary education. We have also been exploring the impact of the COVID pandemic on enrollment and success in postsecondary education.  Below are resources from completed and ongoing projects.

Edmunds, J.A., Hutchins, B., & Arshavsky, N. (2025). Impact of COVID on Students’ High School and Postsecondary Experiences. SERVE at UNC Greensboro.

Edmunds., J.A., Gicheva, D. (2025). Impact of COVID on First-Year Postsecondary Performance in North Carolina’s Community Colleges. SERVE at UNC Greensboro.

Edmunds., J.A., Gicheva, D. (2025). Impact of COVID on First-Year Postsecondary Performance in University of North Carolina System Institutions.  SERVE at UNC Greensboro.

Edmunds, J.A., Eilam, Nir. (2025). Impact of COVID on Students’ Postsecondary Trajectories. SERVE at UNC Greensboro. 

Evaluation of Project COMPASS: Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Project COMPASS was an effort to redesign online courses at Wake Technical Community College. Read the summary of the evaluation report Improving Online Learning in Community College Settings: The Impact Evaluation of Wake Tech’s Project COMPASS-Summary Report.

Edmunds, J.A., Gicheva, D., Thrift, B., & Hull, M. (2021). Using mixed methods to explore variations in impact within RCTs: The case of Project COMPASS. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 16:4, 478-499.  (link:  https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1356086.pdf)

Edmunds, J.A., Gicheva, D., Thrift, B., & Hull, M. (2021) High Tech, High Touch: The impact of an online course intervention on academic performance and persistence in higher education. The Internet and Higher Education, 49.  (link: https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/D_Gicheva_High_2021.pdf)