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MAY 23, 2023

After large pandemic-related declines the past several years, community college enrollment grew this spring by 0.5%, or 22,000 students, compared to spring 2022. million fewer total undergraduates than in spring 2020. Another factor in the improved community college enrollment was a 1.1% at public schools and 0.2%

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APRIL 19, 2024

Howard Community College President Dr. Daria J. Willis has announced plans to reopen the college’s on-campus Children’s Learning Center in partnership with the Community Action Council of Howard County. The facility closed in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated budget reduction efforts.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

After two years of COVID-19, community college enrollment was in triage. Indian River State College (IRSC) in Fort Pierce, FL, and Coahoma Community College (CCC) in Clarksdale, MS, saw their efforts to rebuild their student populations pay off. Dr. Timothy Moore, president of Indian River State College.

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AUGUST 4, 2023

Some faculty at Spartanburg Community College (SCC) are criticizing what they allege is heavy-handed governance and changes without faculty input by the school administration since new leadership in 2020, The Post and Courier reported. SCC’s current president Dr. Michael Mikota took office in summer 2020.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Coconino Community College (CCC) has received $4 million to bolster male student enrollment efforts, Knau reported. On a national level, community colleges have seen a 20% decrease in male students since 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic, a ccording to officials.

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The Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2025

Background and Relevance Open enrollment policies are a defining characteristic of community colleges. Background and Relevance Open enrollment policies are a defining characteristic of community colleges. However, this commitment to providing broad access to postsecondary pathways (Kisker et al.,

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

This fall semester, Massasoit Community College achieved a new first. Massasoit Community College is officially offering a Black Studies curriculum. Ten years in the making The story of Black Studies at the Massachusetts public community college goes back a decade. Census Bureau.

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APRIL 9, 2023

Gonzales’ passion for education has culminated in a swift rise to being named chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) last September. The district comprises 10 independently accredited colleges in Arizona serving over 94,000 students. He became president of GateWay Community College in MCCCD in 2013.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

When a couple of student affairs practitioners created the College and University Food Bank Alliance in 2012, it had just 10 members. By 2020 the organization had ballooned to more than 700 members, and in 2021 it became part of Swipe Out Hunger, a national nonprofit. Hopeful signs for a future beyond campus food pantries abound.

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MARCH 3, 2025

Across the country, community colleges and universities are seeing fewer students enroll, a trend that could have long-term consequences for both individuals and the economy. Similar to institutions nationwide, we saw enrollment plummet during the pandemic, dropping by 20% in 2020-2021.

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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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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Mott Community College’s automotive department is reopening its student service garage to the public starting Feb. The garage – it closed to the public in 2020 due to the pandemic – will cost $10 per vehicle per day for inspection, diagnosis, and repairs. And drivers only pay for the cost of installed parts.

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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 19, 2025

In 2020 , the unemployment rate for workers with a bachelors degree was 5.5 Add to this the benefit to individuals, families and communities, and you have an undeniable case to lean into diversity, equity and inclusion practices and ensure our postsecondary institutions are accessible to those who otherwise could be left behind.

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The Scholarly Teacher

MAY 17, 2023

Roxanna Dewey , Glendale Community College Key Statement : As the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder rises, challenges for college students with ASDs may be mitigated through instructional strategies beyond accommodations. Differences between HS and college. Differences between HS and College | Chapman University.

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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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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

At the National Student Vote Summit, attendees discussed the best ways to boost political involvement after an election that saw worse turnout than in 2020. COLLEGE PARK, Md.—Nicholas

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Between July 2020 and July 2021, the U.S. She’s been with the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) since 1980 and became its vice president for student affairs in 2008. Median rents for a one bedroom in Tribeca, where BMCC is located, soared from their low of $3,079 in November 2020 to $5,500 in 2022.

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MARCH 9, 2023

decrease was observed for undergraduate transfer enrollment from 2020-2022. decrease from 2020-2022. Meanwhile, other transfer pathways saw enrollment rising back up in 2022, though still not enough to prevent an overall decrease from 2020-2022, the report noted. in 2021 to -2.3% An overall 6.9% in 2021 to now -1.5%.

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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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MAY 22, 2024

This continues the upward trend that began last fall after years of declining enrollments in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which hit community colleges particularly hard. This spring, growth was primarily driven by community colleges, where enrollment rose 4.7% Community colleges are still down about 12.5%

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JUNE 27, 2024

The largest gain in retention rates over the last decade was in community colleges — increasing 3.7 Shapiro noted that community colleges saw the sharpest declines in enrollment and persistence at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among part-time students, and that is now rebounding. to 58.5%.”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

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. The institutions lost 13 percent of their employees nationally from January 2020 to April 2022, according to an estimate from EAB, a higher education consulting firm.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

State agencies and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spoke of a mental health emergency among youth and schoolchildren in 2020, citing steadily rising rates of suicide from 2010-2020. “I State community colleges, public universities, and independent colleges that get state aid are also eligible.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

Blogs 6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023 For the past two years, it’s been difficult to focus on anything beyond the immediate consequences of the pandemic. But now as we find ourselves stabilizing, it’s time to pause and take stock of the full landscape facing community colleges. get your copy 2.

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JANUARY 22, 2023

Caring Campus, a program to have faculty contribute to fostering a culture of caring for students at schools, is related to observable benefits, according to a recent report by the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University. colleges – most are community colleges.

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Robert Kelchen

JANUARY 2, 2025

The invisible colleges revisited: An empirical review. Understanding loan aversion in education: Evidence from high school seniors, community college students, and adults. link ) Free college/college promise programs Carruthers, C. How well do students understand free community college? Kelchen, R.,

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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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SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

College Completion Goals ,” CCA calls on state policymakers to increase investment in the digital and physical infrastructure at HBCUs. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the critical need to invest in digital infrastructure, but technology was crucial in identifying and addressing student needs well before 2020.

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MARCH 22, 2023

The state awarded $18 million each to six regional collaboratives consisting of at least one K-12 school district, University of California campus, California State University campus, and community college district. It’s a burgeoning industry, expected to grow 7% between 2020 and 2030.

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JULY 11, 2024

Rodríguez previously served terms on the ACE board, including one as vice-chair, and in 2020, was a member of ACE’s national task force focused on improving transfer of credit practices. He oversees the 25-college system of more than 233,000 students on a $4.1 billion operating budget.

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JULY 19, 2024

Fundamentally, the police are responsible for understanding the culture, history, and issues affecting the communities they serve. As noted by Dennis (2020), community colleges in the U.S. Together, community colleges and professional policing lead the way for new police officers’ cultural competence.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

According to the report, using HSGPA alone as a prediction for first-year GPAs fell dramatically in 2020 and 2021. GPA in college. In 2020 and 2021, a 2.5 “Following the onset of COVID, the predictive power of the HSGPA has decreased.” Before the pandemic, in 2017, a student who had a 2.5 HSGPA would be predicted to earn a 2.0

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The report showed that first to second year college persistence rates also trended upward from class of 2020 to class of 2021, but a gap between the graduates of high minority high schools and low minority high schools continued. Those students also had access to test preparation for ACT and SAT examinations.

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University Business

APRIL 12, 2024

Larry Johnson first encountered Stella and Charles Guttman Community College in 2015 as a dean at Broward College (Fla.) when he read the seminal book “Redesigning America’s Community Colleges: A Clearer Path to Student Success.” Johnson is no longer a distant admirer.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Nicholas Cochrane, associate professor of business and economics at Mount Wachusett Community College. “To Now, Cochrane is an associate professor of business and economics at Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) in rural Gardner, Mass., Between Fall 2020 and Fall 2021, 62.1%

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APRIL 10, 2024

It could be the result of the gradual decline in postsecondary enrollment seen in the nation since around 2010, or a result from the severe enrollment drops during the COVID-19 pandemic, seen particularly at community colleges. These drops “erase the gains made between 2015 and 2020,” said Dr. Pietro A.

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