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Community Colleges

Study Reveals Transportation Assistance Helps Community College Students Succeed

A new study has shown that students with access to discounted or free transit performed better in student retention, credits earned, and completion, than those without an assisted transit card.

September 2, 2021

Dr. Russell Castañeda-Calleros

Community Colleges

A VA Community College Recommends New Name After Research Found Namesake Was a Slaveholder

September 2, 2021

The Hope Center and Jobs for the Future Partner to Address Basic Needs at Community Colleges

The Hope Center and Jobs for the Future (JFF) have partnered in an effort to accelerate the distribution of emergency aid to college students affected by the pandemic.

August 31, 2021

Ashley Bliss Lima

Community Colleges

Community Colleges Utilize Technology to Improve Student Success

Institutions are using technology platforms and corequisite teaching to dramatically alter the narrative about remedial courses.

August 23, 2021

Community Colleges

One Million Degrees: Taking Chicago's Community Colleges Through the Pandemic and Beyond

When the pandemic hit Chicago’s community colleges, One Million Degrees started thinking about how they could best support their students.

August 18, 2021

Danielle McConnell

Community Colleges

Community College Students, Persistence, and the Minimum Wage

Across America, students at community colleges are dropping out of institutions due to financial stressors.

August 16, 2021

Community Colleges

Community College: Advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Post-COVID Labor Market

This opinion piece provides an example of why community colleges given their role and legacy are well positioned in partnering with the K–12, community-based organization, and business sectors in engaging and preparing America’s diverse workforce to meet the labor market skills of the future.

August 9, 2021

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Community Colleges

Community College Bachelor’s Degrees Help Achieve Access and Equity

At the turn of this century, workforce needs began to change. More employers sought to hire students who had attained their bachelor’s degrees. Companies were looking for specific accreditations that didn’t exist at many traditional four-year institutions, like cyber security or trade-skill management. There was an increased demand for teachers and nurses. Community colleges were listening.

August 6, 2021

Community Colleges

California Community Colleges Chancellor to Temporarily Advise U.S. Ed Secretary

California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley will temporarily advise U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona on higher education policy, reports The Los Angeles Times. Oakley will step aside from his role on July 26 and return this fall, with Deputy Chancellor Daisy Gonzales filling in the position. In helping the Biden administration achieve […]

July 20, 2021

Community Colleges

ACCT Offers New Ways for Rural and Tribal Colleges to Connect and Grow

Rural colleges and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) could be strengthened by federal and statewide efforts to make broadband connection a telecommunications utility, through better funding, and more support for student’s basic mental health care needs. That’s the findings of the Association of Community College Trustees (AACT), who spent 18 months researching the issue at hundreds of institutions across the nation.

July 15, 2021

Roueche Center Forum: Toward Gender Equality in Technology Careers

COVID-19 has demonstrated that technology is a bridge to sustaining a degree of normalcy in our lives. Institutions were able to switch almost overnight to online instruction and services only because of advances in technology, showing how critical having prepared professionals to address world problems is. According to the 2021 study “Women Chief Technology Officers in Community Colleges” by Monica D. Wiggins, the prevalence of technology today requires skilled technology workers — more than ever before — to secure, design, maintain and upgrade an ever-increasing number of advanced technological devices and programs.

July 9, 2021

Dr. Monica D. Wiggins

Community Colleges

Community College Student Housing Needs Heightened Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Student housing at community colleges is somewhat rare — only 28% of community colleges in America have on-campus dormitory options for their students. But the last twenty years have seen a growing number of community colleges try to find creative ways to help their students who are housing or food insecure.

July 8, 2021

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Community Colleges

Telehealth Provider Launches Basic Needs Support Connecting Service for Community College Students

Higher ed telehealth provider TimelyMD is launching a service this fall so that community college students have access to affordable support programs for basic needs. Such basic needs include medical and mental health care, food, housing, childcare, transportation and bill pay. The service will connect students to free or reduced-cost support programs for these needs. […]

July 7, 2021

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Dr. Daisy Cocco De Filippis Appointed President of Eugenio María de Hostos Community College

An “internationally recognized pioneer” in the field of Dominican women’s studies, Dr. Daisy Cocco De Filippis has been appointed president of Eugenio María de Hostos Community College in the Bronx, part of The City University of New York (CUNY) system. Having served as interim president of Hostos since August 2020, Cocco De Filippis is the […]

July 7, 2021

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Community Colleges

Community Colleges Do Heavy Lifting in STEM and Innovation

When people talk about innovation and moving the country forward, two-year institutions are often not part of the conversation. In fact, community colleges have for years borne the stigma of being last-choice institutions for students who either weren’t ready for four-year institutions or who needed to reskill to stay relevant in the workforce. But these institutions are also becoming increasingly a first-choice option, both for students coming right out of high school, and those who have been out for some time — and in many cases, for students who are still enrolled in high school, thanks to the growing popularity of dual-enrollment programs. Much of the emphasis in community college is and has always been around helping to prepare students for jobs. But from Texas to Maryland and around the country, more and more of those jobs are in STEM fields.

July 2, 2021

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Community Colleges

Retiring President Dr. Diana M. Doyle Leaves Behind Legacy of Student Success Arapahoe Community College

Dr. Diana M. Doyle, president of Colorado’s Arapahoe Community College (ACC), has strategically navigated the impact of the pandemic, calling on her 43 years of experience in higher education. Doyle has been the president of ACC for the past 11 years, and, when she retires at the end of this academic year, she will do so with a sense of accomplishment and contentment.

June 28, 2021

Community Colleges

Online Instruction Did Not Make Things Easier for Disabled Students

Online education has the guise of accessibility. When COVID-19 pushed the world of higher education online, some students, including those who work, may have found online access an easier way to put educational goals first, especially when the economy was cliff-diving and taking jobs with it. One commonly held belief is that fully online instruction increased accessibility for disabled students. But Krista Soria, the assistant director for research institutes in partnership with the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU), said that the numbers show the opposite is true.

June 24, 2021

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Community Colleges

Roueche Center Forum: Leaving a Leadership Legacy

For nearly three decades, I have had the privilege of serving community college students. Regardless of my roles over the years, I can attest that true leadership is embedded in advocating, advancing and holding sacred the philosophy and mission of our community colleges through a personal commitment to serve our students and our communities.

June 24, 2021

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