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Alvero When my daughter transferred to Queens College in Spring 2019, I could not have been more excited. As associate provost at the college, Ill admit I was biased but even two decades of experience in higher education couldnt fully prepare me for her struggle to transfer credits. Government Accountability Office.

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This is particularly true of community college students, who are more likely than others to have jobs and family commitments that make coming to a campus tough. In a recent report by Bay View Analytics , 94% of community college students gave their online courses a passing grade, and 58% expressed a desire for more.

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JULY 14, 2023

Community colleges play a critical role, providing affordable and accessible education for diverse populations. According to the American Association of Community Colleges, our nation had over 1,000 public, tribal, and independent community colleges enrolling 10.2

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Lennor Johnson, president and superintendent of Imperial Valley College in El Centro, California. Student housing is extremely rare at community colleges in California, although affordable housing is increasingly hard to find. The Harbour, where 800 Orange Coast College students live on campus. Out of the system’s 1.8

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2024

colleges and universities rose by 1.2%, a minor change where the number of enrollees went from 15,072,249 to 15,248,077. Among the years captured in the report, 2019 to 2022 all faced varying rates of decline, with Fall 2021 being the worst (-3.4%). "We However, numbers are still below what they used to be in 2019, 14.2%

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. Cerritos College A public, two-year community college, Cerritos College is located in Norwalk, California (Southeastern Los Angeles).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2022

She’s been with the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) since 1980 and became its vice president for student affairs in 2008. It’s very exciting for us, as a community college, especially in New York City, where housing is an issue,” said Craig. “It Craig, vice president for student affairs at BMCC. Dr. Marva M.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

million freshmen who enrolled in 2019, “this is a very promising sign for higher education,” said Doug Shapiro, the research center’s executive director. Some sectors saw marginal increases; enrollment at community colleges, for instance, grew by 0.4 In 2020, community college enrollment dropped a whopping 10.5

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MAY 28, 2024

decline in active EMS workers, from over 40,000 in 2019 to only 33,000 in 2022, reported New York State Comptroller Thomas P. For example, in-state community college tuition was around $5,290 in 2023-24. New York experienced a 17.5% DiNapoli in “ The Growing Role of Counties in Emergency Medical Service.”

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MARCH 15, 2023

college enrollment is a lingering concern for both educators and policy makers. College and university student enrollment is down for the third straight year, 7% lower than it was in 2019. Still others, influenced by dangerous myths, are reluctant to attend an open-access institution like a community college.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

Image: Community colleges across the country are struggling to recruit and hire new people after losing faculty and staff members in droves during the pandemic. College leaders report staffing losses at all levels, including IT workers, student success professionals, dining hall workers and executive leaders, she said.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

Community colleges have taken great pride over many decades as an open-door institution welcoming students who had no other place to go. It is not known how many of these students are enrolled in community colleges, but it is likely these students are represented equally to those in universities.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Military friendly is a common phrase used by organizations to communicate an appreciation of military service members (Kirchner, et al., If your community college is struggling to have those conversations, outside facilitators can support you. Dr. Susan M. 2) Who are your military-connected learners and how do you know?

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University Business

MARCH 25, 2025

Here is a breakdown of enrollment growth by state from 2019 to 2023: Utah: 16.4% From 2019 to 2023, online enrollment grew by 16.9% For-profit schools making waves in trade programs Community colleges and trade schools share student enrollment nearly evenly. California: 19.4% Arizona: 27.8% Nevada: 33.2% in fall 2024.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Image: Against the backdrop of headlines blaring news about declining community college enrollments, one bright spot has emerged: community college students, faculty and administrators are broadly aligned in their enthusiasm for the digital transformation that has occurred at their institutions since the start of the pandemic.

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

Roueche Center for Community College Leadership. Today, some of our country’s communities are engaged in conversations about talent pipeline shortages, challenges, and opportunities. Many of these careers are associated with a degree or other credential (or pathway) at the College. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2024

Overall enrollments are still nowhere near back to what they were in 2019, but retention and persistence levels are.” The largest gain in retention rates over the last decade was in community colleges — increasing 3.7 percentage points from 51.3% for incoming students who began fall 2013 to 55% for those who began fall 2022.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Just two days later, on September 22, in Gallatin, Tennessee, Volunteer State Community College announced that Orinthia T. O” had previously served as the fourth president of Tompkins Cortland Community College for four years in Dryden, New York, according to her obituary.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Energy and excitement filled the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, as over two thousand community college leaders, faculty, and staff gathered to share stories of access, equity, and inclusion at the 2023 Dream conference. Our colleges have to be inextricably connected to our communities, leveraging our localness.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Image: Campus and faculty leaders in the California Community College system are eagerly anticipating the selection of a new chancellor this week. Meanwhile, the system, like community colleges across the country, experienced significant enrollment declines during the pandemic.

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EAB

JULY 21, 2023

Blogs Why customer service matters for community colleges Learnings and recommendations from EAB’s 2023 customer service survey I just talked to someone in registration, and they told me to call you! What are the features of a “modern student experience,” and how do community colleges stack up?

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Robert Kelchen

JANUARY 2, 2025

The keys to endurance: An investigation of the institutional factors relating to the persistence of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. 2019, December 9). Students pay the price if a college fails. Understanding loan aversion in education: Evidence from high school seniors, community college students, and adults.

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APRIL 30, 2024

“Colleges and universities that are eligible and federally designated as HSIs must enhance the racial-ethnic identity of Latinxs while striving to provide equitable experiences and outcomes for these students.” In 2019, however, the system was awarded the National Seal of Excelencia by the nonprofit Excelencia in Education.

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JUNE 15, 2023

The report is based on data from a survey of nearly 900 US colleges and institutions, who provided information on more than 370,000 full-time and 90,000 part-time faculty members. But skyrocketing inflation caused a 2.4% drop in real wages, the third straight sharp decline, for a cumulative loss of 7.5%

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

The data shows that student parents predominantly live in rural and inland areas where there are less colleges. 61% are first-generation college students. Nearly two thirds attend one of California’s 116 community colleges and on average comprise 19% of a community college’s student population. “We

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AUGUST 29, 2023

Consider this: The World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2019 updated definition of burnout includes three dimensions: “Burnout is a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. Likewise, we have witnessed frustration by teachers for the same reasons. Dr. Kelly A. Dr. Donna Y.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

The keys to endurance: An investigation of the institutional factors relating to the persistence of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. 2019, December 9). Students pay the price if a college fails. link ) Massachusetts Board of Higher Education (2019). link ) Student debt and financing college Baker, D.

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JUNE 9, 2023

On a Friday night in 2019, Gesy Duran prepared to dine at an Italian restaurant with her wife. But the pandemic got in the way, and the idea lay dormant until Duran, who had since started at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), heard about the Blackstone Launchpad Competition, a business pitch contest for students.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Long Beach College Promise is another Latino-serving program in which students are tracked from the K-12 system (the Long Beach Unified School District), through community college, and into CSULB to make sure students are fully supported through all the educational pathways. Morishita, interim president at CSULA. Dr. Janine E.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 18, 2023

Image: Recently released federal higher education data show community college enrollment trends during the first two years of the pandemic differed based on the age of the students, according to a new analysis by the Community College Research Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College.

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University Business

MARCH 8, 2023

While rates for urban and suburban community college students transferring to more prestigious universities were declining before 2020, the pandemic exacerbated the issue. In the fall of 2022, upward transfers declined by 11% at suburban community colleges and 8.8% drops in the fall of 2019.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Associate Level English for Academic Purposes Reading Area Community College (Reading, PA) The English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at Reading Area Community College (RACC) began in 2012 to strategically reduce credit requirements and accelerate student progression with the goal of boosting enrollment and success rates.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

For-credit micro-credentials aren’t just fueling enrollment at community colleges across the United States. By 2019, these non-degree offerings made up 71% of all credentials awarded by community colleges, according to the National Center of Education Statistics.

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The Scholarly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

R1, community college) and size, finding like-minded peers and resources to develop, enact, and reflect upon evidence-based instructional practices may be difficult. What factors mentioned in this article or from your experience are most relevant to communities of practice you see professionally or personally? Cruz-Rios, Y.,

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Many students start community college with the hope of getting an associate degree and then transferring to a four-year institution, such as a California State University or University of California campus. But a state audit, released today , found that the vast majority of these students never accomplish their goal.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

JUNE 12, 2023

The New Student Experience at a Community College The enrollment data for community colleges is positive for the first time in a long time, with an overall enrollment increase of 2.1% Despite this recent trend reversal, community colleges can’t ignore the 37% decline (nearly 2.6

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University Business

MARCH 13, 2023

Two big initiatives pushing this change are recent school mergers and a powerful free community college pipeline. Starting this July, Castleton University, Northern Vermont University and Vermont Technical College will consolidate into Vermont State University—a lean, cost-effective hybrid learning machine.

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