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Section: Institutions > Community Colleges
Community Colleges
Microsoft to Provide Cybersecurity Training, Scholarships For U.S. Community Colleges
October 29, 2021
Community Colleges
Survey: Many Students are Unaware of their College's COVID Supports
A new survey highlights the continuing impact of COVID-19 on higher education, and its impact on students of color.
October 21, 2021
Community Colleges
Community College Leaders Discuss Centering Race in Faculty Hiring
Several California community college leaders addressed an ongoing need for racial equity in faculty hiring.
October 20, 2021
News Roundup
Thomas Nelson Community College Renamed Virginia Peninsula Community College
Leaving behind its controversial namesake, Thomas Nelson Jr., who was the slaveholding fourth governor of Virginia, Thomas Nelson Community College will be renamed Virginia Peninsula Community College.
September 24, 2021
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
Community Colleges
A VA Community College Recommends New Name After Research Found Namesake Was a Slaveholder
September 2, 2021
News Roundup
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
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
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
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
Women
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
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
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
Latinx
Dr. Daisy Cocco De Filippis Appointed President of Eugenio MarĂa 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 MarĂa 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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