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Section: Institutions > Community Colleges
Students
Community College Stakeholders Implement Supports to Guide Students to Graduation
Community colleges provide opportunities for low-income, first-generation, minority and rural students to gain valuable jobs skills or begin a journey in post-secondary education. Despite well-intentioned administration and faculty, completion rates have remained under 50%, but innovative practices are making an impact.
April 13, 2020
Leadership & Policy
‘Pressure is Turning Way up’: College Presidents Plan Layoffs, Budget Cuts Due to Coronavirus, Says Survey
In response to the upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic, more than 72% of college presidents expect to lay off employees, almost 55% project across-the-board budget cuts and almost 40% will likely cut research-and-development spending, according to a recent survey of higher education leaders’ priorities amid campus shutdowns.
April 9, 2020
Students
New York’s Tuition Free Program Leaves Out Many Low-Income, Community College Students
The Excelsior Scholarship, New York’s tuition-free program, only reaches a small portion of low-income and community college students within the state, according to a new brief.
March 30, 2020
African-American
EAB Analyst: Under-Resourced Colleges Could Face Closure Due to Coronavirus
The coronavirus crisis will “accelerate a closure of colleges and universities,” especially under-resourced institutions, said a higher education analyst from EAB to Diverse. EAB, which on March 19 held a flash poll of 500 university enrollment officials during a webinar, said that the vast majority of respondents said they felt the highest levels of concern about meeting enrollment targets.
March 23, 2020
Community Colleges
Community Colleges Prepare for Coronavirus, Distance Learning
With the coronavirus (COVID-19) declared a pandemic Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO), office spaces are temporarily switching to telecommuting, professional sports leagues are suspending their seasons and national conferences are being cancelled within the United States.
March 15, 2020
Community Colleges
AACC, Other Conferences Cancelled Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Hours after the American Council on Education (ACE) on Monday canceled its annual conference, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and the University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) followed suit canceling or postponing their own annual events in the face of the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
March 10, 2020
Community Colleges
Thomas Edison State U Says All N.J. Community College Graduates Will Be Guaranteed Admission
Thomas Edison State University (TESU) said that students who graduate from any New Jersey community college will be guaranteed admission to the university, reported NJ Advance Media. “Thomas Edison State University has decades of success working with adult learners to help close the gap between the needs of employers and the skills of employees,” said […]
February 19, 2020
Community Colleges
Community College Leaders Prepare to Lobby on Capitol Hill
On Tuesday, day three of the Community College National Legislative Summit, Diane Auer Jones, the U.S. Department of Education’s principal deputy under secretary, highlighted the government’s upcoming priorities for community colleges.
February 11, 2020
HBCUs
Community College National Legislative Summit Tackles Policy Priorities
Community college presidents and trustees on Monday gathered at the Community College National Legislative Summit to discuss current issues affecting higher education, including the need for increased funding and more student advocacy.
February 10, 2020
Students
NC State Partners With Community Colleges to Ease Transfer Process
By implementing a transfer dual-enrollment program, North Carolina State University (NC State) aims to increase the attendance rates of low-to-moderate-income and first-generation students.
February 7, 2020
Students
How to Successfully Implement Guided Pathways Programs on Campus
If we know nothing else about today’s community college students from current research–particularly those who are first-generation and are from a low socioeconomic background–we know it is likely that during their educational journey “life” will happen to them.
February 5, 2020
Community Colleges
Dr. Marcia Conston Named 6th President of Tidewater Community College
Dr. Marcia Conston has been appointed the sixth president of Tidewater Community College (TCC) in Norfolk, Virginia. Of the 30 years Conston has worked in higher education, twenty have been devoted to her most recent position as vice president for Enrollment and Student Success Services at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, North Carolina. “I […]
February 4, 2020
Students
New Report Reveals Financial Barriers for Student Parents in California
A new report analyzed the financial barriers that impact California student parents seeking a post-secondary degree. According to California Competes’ report, “Clarifying the True Cost of College for Student Parents,” only 12% of student parents countrywide complete a degree, compared to 46% of their peers without children.
February 3, 2020
Community Colleges
Community College Students to Showcase STEM Innovation Skills in National Competition
Community college students have the opportunity to present their science, technology, engineering and mathematics projects and ideas through a national innovation competition starting in March. The initiative is the brainchild of the National Science Foundation and the American Association of Community Colleges.
January 30, 2020
Community Colleges
In Indiana, McDonald’s Partners With Ivy Tech Community College to Offer Tuition Assistance
McDonalds and Ivy Tech Community College announced a partnership that would address educational attainment gaps and provide more affordable college options within the state of Indiana.
January 17, 2020
Community Colleges
Scholars Discuss Pedagogy and Community College Jobs at MLA Convention
The first day of the 2020 Modern Language Association Convention was a smorgasbord of hands-on professional development workshops, deep-dive literary lectures, small group discussions and panels on the academy. But it also showed the association dipping its toe into relatively new waters, with an emerging emphasis on pedagogy and the humanities at community colleges.
January 9, 2020
Community Colleges
Stepping Away from the Brink: Part VI: Community Colleges and their Important Role in a More Equitable World
As the holiday season has quickly come and gone, we resume our “Stepping Away from the Brink” series and have shifted our emphasis to the important role Community Colleges play in the upward mobility for low-income families and communities of color.
January 8, 2020
Community Colleges
Walsh College Becomes First Institution to Partner with Detroit Promise
Walsh College announced a partnership with Detroit Promise to offer an opportunity for community college students to complete a four-year degree tuition-free. This is the first institution to collaborate with Detroit Promise, which covers tuition after financial aid at either a community college or four-year university. In order to qualify for the promise program, students […]
January 8, 2020
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