One of the students I interviewed for our Lumina-funded action research on Continuous Enrollment is a working parent at Quinsigamond Community College in Massachusetts. She needed to get into Anatomy & Physiology 2 to stay on track.

She told me she was refreshing the portal over and over at 11 o'clock at night, hoping someone would drop the course so she could grab it.

That's not a system designed for student success. That's a system designed for survival.

I have talked to dozens of students at Quinsigamond and Queensborough Community College, and they have described registration as stressful, confusing, and high-stakes.  When I explained Continuous Enrollment - an alternative where students are automatically enrolled in the courses they need and can adjust from there - the response was overwhelmingly positive.

I'm so excited to release our research brief, A Case for Continuous Enrollment. This report is based on dozens of conversations over the past year with students, staff, advisors, college leaders, and experts in the field. We share our vision for Continuous Enrollment , describe the real and perceived barriers to implementing and sustaining Continuous Enrollment, and offer practical solutions to those barriers.

Whether you're learning about Continuous Enrollment for the first time or your institution is ready to make the change, this information should help you along the way. Please download the brief below and share your feedback with us.