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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. As this trend continues, it becomes even more imperative for colleges to be intentional about retaining their current students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

As chief executive officers in the California community college system, we embarked upon the topic of STEM out of an acute awareness of the lack of Dr. Lennor Johnson opportunities available to disproportionately impacted communities, and a shared commitment to forging increased pathways for those with the least access.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2023

Would students really be able to learn as well remotely as they had in-person? Would student engagement suffer? And while student engagement was lower by some measures, by others, it increased. Whenever student engagement is lower, student outcomes are poorer,” said Ortagus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Incoming transfer students can enroll in courses early to guarantee that they have access to coursework. Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. in the last two years.” years in 2021-22.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Obtaining an associate degree helps students climb higher on the economic mobility ladder than they would be able to with only a high school degree, and a bachelor’s degree enables them to climb much higher. Most community college students intend to transfer. What causes the disconnect between intention and reality?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

A new report from the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) indicates that while 8,836 entering students at 40 community colleges around the country indicate that they intend to transfer to a four-year institution, the number that actually do is remarkably low. Dr. Linda L.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Jonathan Miller Jonathan Miller has been named dean of student engagement at the Community College of Rhode Island. Miller holds a bachelor’s degree in human development and family studies from Pennsylvania State University and a master’s in student personnel from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Although community college may be regularly associated as an equitable pathway to bachelor’s degrees, wealthier students typically capitalize on the opportunity. As for low-income students, a new report from the Department of Education details how infrequently their college hopes pan out.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MARCH 12, 2024

In fact, some schools have experienced record growth over the last five years, and no higher education institutions are better positioned for continued growth in the next decade than community colleges. Community colleges play a crucial role in providing an accessible and affordable education to diverse student populations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

The NSCRC found that the gains were caused by an increased number of students remaining at their initial institution. of entering students were retained, half a point higher than the pre-pandemic average. However, not all categories of schools and students saw equal gains. The rate of transfer remained flat.

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EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2022

5 Tips to Recruit and Enroll Latine/x Students in Your Community College. Prospective Latine/x college students in the U.S. are the most likely to choose community college as their first step when pursuing a higher education. Spotlight: Holyoke Community College. Tip #1: Build belonging.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Alexander is very accessible, very approachable for students,” says Dr. Claudia Salcedo, who adds that administrators can sometimes be perceived as separate from the students they serve. Salcedo is the director of the Center for Community College Partnerships at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

He currently is also a graduate research assistant with the Center for Community College Student Engagement. In addition to being a graduate research assistant at Texas, he was part of the Graduate Archer Fellowship Program in Washington, D.C.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2024

Baston, president of Cuyahoga Community College pointed to the “opportunity deserts” that exist within higher education that stretch beyond race and ethnicity. In the opening keynote to the conference, Dr. Michael A. Dr. Michael A.

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EAB

MAY 23, 2023

Podcast New Student Engagement Data Reveals Surprises Episode 152. The three unpack recent criticisms leveled at the community college sector and share new data that point to a number of bright spots. EAB · New Student Engagement Data Reveal Surprises Transcript [music] 0:00:13.0 May 23, 2023.

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University Business

DECEMBER 10, 2024

. “We haven’t designed the systems that make it conducive for [first-generation students] to feel seen, to feel part of the community and to be equipped with the tools that they need while they’re in school,” saysMarcela Andrs, president and CEO of the classroom consulting firm designEDengagement.

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University Business

APRIL 24, 2024

A large majority of community college students have a career in mind, but they also say that they don’t have enough information about the paths that will get them to those jobs. ” report from The University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education.

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University Business

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

It began as a pilot program in 2015 and started in earnest in 2018 with 25 students after receiving a $1.68 Over the past five years, EPW has served 909 students, 68% of whom are Latino. We’re changing the landscape of how community colleges serve underserved students,” says Espiritu. “We

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Higher Education Today

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Read more » The post New Report Outlines How Community Colleges Can Help Reduce Students’ Food and Housing Insecurity appeared first on Higher Education Today. In CCCSE’s.

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University Business

APRIL 18, 2025

Hired Shari Olsen – Northland Community and Technical College (Minn.) Shari Olson, Northland Community College Shari Olsen has been promoted to permanent president of Northland Community College, effective immediately. Stepping down Fred Keating – Rowan College of South Jersey (N.J.)

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EAB

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Leverage Faculty Partnerships and Technology to Address the Community College Enrollment Crisis. Pueblo Community College's Two-Pronged Approach to Combatting Summer Melt. Pueblo Community College (Pueblo) is a Hispanic-Serving Institution with over 5,000 students across three campuses. July 21, 2022.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

He currently is also a graduate research assistant with the Center for Community College Student Engagement. In addition to being a graduate research assistant at Texas, he was part of the Graduate Archer Fellowship Program in Washington, D.C.,

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Student Wellness Tip: Alcohol Education and Abuse-Prevention Strategies Ashley Mowreader Tue, 11/19/2024 - 03:00 AM Around one in five college students engages in binge drinking, according to national data. Universities can provide individual and environmental-level interventions to reduce alcohol-related problems.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The Ohio State University College of Nursing has an established free program for high school students (grades 9–12), the Summer Institute for Future Nurses. Students engage online, and there is also a day in which they can come to campus and participate in tours of our simulation lab,” says Dr. Angela D.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Duke vice provost Ed Balleisen explains how scientific collaboration among disciplines can not only drive student engagement but also help solve global problems. In his opening keynote at the inaugural Interdisciplinary Science Forum last month, historian

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University Business

JUNE 13, 2024

More from UB: “Too good to be true:” How one IT team unlocked millions with this simple trick For example, the Ringling College of Art and Design announced last month its Artificial Intelligence Undergraduate Certificate to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate AI’s complex impact on creative industries.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 16, 2023

The communications and marketing office began working with institutional research to launch a series of two-way text messaging pilot programs this past fall. “We ended up partnering with a two-way texting vendor who caters to the higher education sector and works with several other community colleges in our state,” she says.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 17, 2025

The curriculum, deeply rooted in the traditional liberal arts, continues to evolve, notably introducing two new majors in Fall 2023: Brain, Behavior & Cognition (Neuroscience) and Ethics & Society, reflecting increasing student interest in neuroscience and applied ethics.

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University Business

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Student mental health on college campuses has taken a toll in the years after the pandemic, straining in-house counseling services and affecting student engagement. Haywood was joined by Lake Tahoe Community College’s Michelle Batista, vice president of student services. Smith University (N.C.).

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Dr. Al Solano

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Columbia University's Community College Research Center Partners with community colleges to investigate the roots of educational inequity & identify promising approaches to institutional improvement. UCLA Higher Ed Research Institute A comprehensive source of information on college students.

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University Business

MAY 23, 2024

Despite this, online learning has remained in higher demand, especially at community colleges and among busy adult learners. In 2018, just 35% of students took online courses. For college students, loneliness is also linked to lower academic performance.

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University Business

JANUARY 11, 2023

“Students are especially interested in better understanding the devices and software they will need for the course in addition to the estimated cost of technology,” according to WCET. Students want to know the expectations for student engagement in the online environment.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Jillian Kinzie, associate director for Indiana University’s Center for Postsecondary Research and the National Survey of Student Engagement, said that students have long been interested in incorporating more real-world experience into their learning, but it can pose a challenge to professors for several reasons.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 27, 2023

The University of Utah recently joined the University Innovation Alliance , a coalition of 15 public research universities working to increase graduation rates among low-income students, first-generation students and students of color.

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