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Guiding Community Colleges Toward Mission Fulfillment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Stout, recipient of the 2025 Diverse Champions Award, has focused her career on helping community colleges achieve outstanding student success. Moono, president of SUNY Schenectady County Community College. Felder, president of Harford Community College in Maryland, where Stout began her community college career in 1984.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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California's Community Colleges See the Benefits of Student Housing

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Through a pilot program that offered 12 housing insecure students homes in RVs, Johnson said IVC learned a lot of lessons about the difficulties and triumphs of residential management, how to support students, and how to build community. The Harbour, where 800 Orange Coast College students live on campus.

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PCC Aiming to Empower Rural Students for Academic and Career Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Department of Education (ED) has awarded a $1 million grant to Pitt Community College to help boost college enrollment and completion rates among students in rural areas. Pitt Community College ED has presented a total of $44.5 Pitt Community College ED has presented a total of $44.5

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What We’re Learning About the Dual Enrollment Student Experience

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Courtney Adkins The beginning of the fall academic term brings to mind images of freshly graduated high school students arriving on college campuses across the country. When the fall 2023 term begins, close to 20% of community college students will also be high school students who are dually enrolled. Dr. Linda L.

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Dr. Kristina Whalen Appointed President of Foothill College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kristina Whalen Whalen is currently vice president of academic services at Las Positas College and vice president of the California Community Colleges Chief Instructional Officers Association. In this new role, Whalen will be part of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District leadership team.

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Undergraduate Enrollment Shows Growth for Second Year

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is the second consecutive year of undergraduate growth and third straight year of growth for community colleges. Mitra, vice president of student affairs & enrollment management at Queensborough Community College When asked if the FAFSA impacted freshman enrollment, Shapiro said the data doesn’t address that issue.