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Section: Institutions > Community Colleges
Community Colleges
Small Rise in College Completion for Young Adults
The percentage of young adults earning a college degree has increased slightly but still remains far below the level needed to reach the president’s goal of having the U.S. rank first worldwide in college graduates.
July 12, 2012
Community Colleges
Southern University Devises Strategy to Boost Enrollment
Southern University’s flagship school will vie for a portion of the Baton Rouge, La. community college market as part of a strategy to increase enrollment at the historically Black campus.
July 9, 2012
Community Colleges
Q&A with Jonathan Lightman: The Uncertain Future of California’s Community Colleges
The Hechinger Report spoke with Jonathan Lightman, executive director of the Faculty Association of California’s Community Colleges (FACCC) about what a tax initiative could mean for California higher education.
July 8, 2012
Community Colleges
FAMU Seeks New Marching Band Director
Florida A & M University, hoping to rebuild its image in the aftermath of the hazing death of a university band drum major, is advertising for a new band director who would have significantly less power than the last person to hold the post.
July 1, 2012
Community Colleges
Chattanooga State Offers New Honors College
Chattanooga State Community College plans to launch a pilot honors college that will allow some students the chance to graduate with a bachelor’s degree from a private school.
June 17, 2012
Community Colleges
Dual Enrollment Programs Gaining Prominence as Means to Enhance College Prep Options
Dual enrollment represents an effective way to get more students to graduate from high school with two-year degrees, but too little research has been done to track the progress of program graduates who have gone on to four-year colleges, a leading researcher on dual enrollment programs said last week at an education forum in Washington, D.C.
June 10, 2012
Community Colleges
New Group Raising Community Colleges’ Profile
Community college leaders in Virginia and other states say their schools’ roles in giving students an affordable education and job training are undervalued, so they’re banding together to fight for federal policy changes.
June 6, 2012
Community Colleges
Report: Certification Opens Path to Gainful Employment, Middle Class Earnings
A new report on post-secondary credentials found that certificate-holders often earn more than those with associate’s degrees and sometimes more than those with bachelor’s degrees.
June 6, 2012
Community Colleges
Commentary: Student Success at the Community College Level
Many of us make it our professional mission to work in community colleges because we are true believers in the power these institutions have to transform the lives of our students, a Gaston (N.C.) College student and enrollment services specialist writes.
June 4, 2012
Champions Award
John Roueche Awarded Inaugural Diverse Champions Award
On the eve of his retirement from the Community College Leadership Program, Dr. John E. Roueche said farewell Tuesday to his community college colleagues at the 34th annual National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development conference.
May 29, 2012
Community Colleges
NISOD Session Highlights Latino Student Success Imperative
Improving student completion rates at community colleges goes hand- in-hand with improving educational outcomes for Latinos, Excelencia in Education President Sarita Brown said Monday at the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) in Austin, Texas.
May 28, 2012
Community Colleges
Editor’s Note: An Ode to John Roueche
What’s most striking about John Roueche’s legacy are the epic battles he fought, and won, to recruit women and minorities to Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas-Austin, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine editor David Pluviose writes.
May 24, 2012
Community Colleges
An Appreciation: John and Suanne Roueche
In the fourth of a four-part series, Dr. Terry O’Banion, president emeritus of the League for Innovation, pays tribute to community college leaders John and Suanne Roueche.
May 24, 2012
Community Colleges
John and Suanne Roueche – Community College Dream Team
In the third of a four-part series, Diverse explores how Drs. John and Suanne Roueche have played a key role in shaping the modern-day community college movement through their dynamic personal and professional partnership.
May 23, 2012
Community Colleges
Reflecting on Lessons for Community College Leaders
In the second of a four-part series on the career of Dr. John Roueche, community college leaders reflect on ideas that have been attributed to Roueche, the director of the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas-Austin over the past 42 years.
May 22, 2012
Community Colleges
John Roueche – Community College Renaissance Man
In a four-part series, Diverse explores the career of Dr. John Roueche, the retiring director of the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas at Austin.
May 21, 2012
Community Colleges
New Internet Tool Helps Measure Community College Student Success
The Completion Arch features the ability to break information down by state or race and ethnicity or gender, but it does not include institution-specific data, such as the percentage of students landing jobs in their field of study.
April 30, 2012
Community Colleges
Retiring CCLP Director John Roueche Celebrated at AACC Conference
A number of events over the past few days at the AACC annual convention were devoted to hailing John Roueche’s contributions to the community college movement.
April 23, 2012
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