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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, community colleges across the country saw a decline in enrollment for myriad reasons — financial, family, illness, lack of internet or inability to adapt to online learning. The purpose of community colleges is to increase access to higher education for the most vulnerable populations.”

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Unapologetic Leadership for Black Learner Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government and higher education institutions have fed the public a steady diet of bad enrollment news. Public health concerns increased responsibilities to care for and educate school-aged children and disrupted jobs and industries.

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Feds award Bergen Community College $4.5M to grow agriculture education

University Business

The federal government has awarded Bergen Community College a five-year, $4.5 The 2023 Feeding the Economy report commissioned by agriculture industry leaders shows that nearly 20% of all U.S. The 2023 Feeding the Economy report commissioned by agriculture industry leaders shows that nearly 20% of all U.S.

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Petitioning for the Right to Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The legislation would stop the University of California, California State University and their affiliates, and California Community Colleges, from barring students from being hired for jobs due to the lack of federal work authorization — which is often the case for students who have parents who immigrated to the state.

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Help Wanted

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The federal government projects that more than 203,000 new registered nurse (RN) positions will be created each year from 2021 to 2031, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). Information was not provided about new nursing hire recruitment.

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Profiling Some of the Institutions With the Most Minority Business Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

UMGC has agreements with all 16 community colleges in Maryland, says Dr. Pam Carter, vice president and dean of the School of Business, which offers seven undergraduate degree programs and 10 stand-alone certificates. Two recent MBA graduates became presidential management fellows, three-year positions with the federal government.

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Updated educational attainment data show progress and gaps

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Including workforce and industry-recognized certificates in the data, later additions, accounts for about half of the percentage points gained between then and now, Brown noted.) She also believes states should increase their aid to students and maintain strong funding levels for colleges and universities, even during an economic downturn.

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