Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

community college students are finding that their schools are not equipping them with the knowledge to succeed after they graduate, according to recent findings from University of Texas at Austin’s 2023 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCCSE). Sizable portions of U.S.

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MARCH 15, 2024

Community colleges were able to persevere through the pandemic thanks to the emergency relief funding passed through Congress. That’s the conclusion of the latest research from the Accelerating Recovery in Community Colleges Network at the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Tallahassee Community College (TCC) recently received recognition from Achieving the Dream , an organization and network founded to close achievement gaps and accelerate student success nationwide by guiding institutional change, influencing public policy, generating knowledge, and engaging the public. 19-22, in Orlando, Florida.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Maryland Community Colleges Face $22M Budget Cut jessica.blake@… Thu, 02/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Governor Wes Moore says his budget proposal is a response to declining enrollment and will “rein in” spending. Community college advocates say it will have wide-ranging negative consequences. Byline(s) Jessica Blake

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 22, 2024

Eastern Gateway Community College, which has struggled financially over the last year, is set to begin dissolving in June unless it receives enough funding. EGCC trustees decided at a Wednesday meeting that unless the community college is able to obtain “sufficient” funding by May 31, it would begin the process of folding on June 30.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

million to LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, Queens, to create the Cohen Career Collective, a state-of-the-art workforce training center. Kenneth Adams "We are profoundly grateful for this incredible gift from the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation," said Kenneth Adams, president of LaGuardia Community College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2024

Community colleges have the ability to not only put students on the right path, but most importantly, ensure that students begin on the right foot. That right foot has so many implications, the first of which is the financial impact of attending a community college as the first step toward a bachelor ’ s degree.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 27, 2024

Six new bachelor’s degrees programs have been approved at campuses within the California Community Colleges system, according to a news release from the system’s chancellor’s office. The system now offers, or will soon offer, 39 bachelor’s degree programs in total.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MARCH 12, 2024

But not all colleges and universities are seeing declines. 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. postsecondary institutions that are growing).

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University Business

APRIL 2, 2024

A working paper from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University studying two-year students’ habits has linked mental health-related issues, such as anxiety and depression, to worse persistence rates and credit accumulation.

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Higher Ed Dive

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Northwestern Michigan College’s adjuncts will be employees of Edustaff, an unusual higher ed staffing model meant to cut costs.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Online Enrollments Spike at Community Colleges Sara Weissman Mon, 11/20/2023 - 03:00 AM Federal data suggest larger shares of students at two-year colleges are enrolling online. Higher ed experts say the trend calls for more online supports. Byline(s) Sara Weissman

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University Business

APRIL 12, 2024

Larry Johnson first encountered Stella and Charles Guttman Community College in 2015 as a dean at Broward College (Fla.) when he read the seminal book “Redesigning America’s Community Colleges: A Clearer Path to Student Success.” Johnson is no longer a distant admirer. .

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Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 20, 2023

The biennial Prize for Community College Excellence grants each institution $500,000.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The Aspen Institute has named the 150 community colleges that can compete for its $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. public two-year colleges – were chosen for high and improving levels of student success and equitable outcomes for lower-income, Black, and Hispanic students.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 12, 2024

OCR: Hinds Community College Failed to Support Pregnant Student, Violated Title IX Katherine Knott Fri, 04/12/2024 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Katherine Knott

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Free Community College Boosts Enrollment, Strains Massachusetts System jessica.blake@… Tue, 02/06/2024 - 03:00 AM The enrollment surge is a welcome development for the Massachusetts community college system, but it has also created staffing shortages and stretched capacity. Byline(s) Jessica Blake

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 19, 2024

Howard Community College President Dr. Daria J. Willis has announced plans to reopen the college’s on-campus Children’s Learning Center in partnership with the Community Action Council of Howard County. The college was awarded a $1 million grant in 2023 from the U.S.

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Higher Ed Dive

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Harvard Business School's Project on Managing the Future of Work and the American Association of Community Colleges suggest ways to reboot the system.

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Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 11, 2024

Although the two sites together enrolled around 5,500 students at their peak, they hosted just one class between them this semester.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 29, 2024

“Stable and affordable housing is a significant determinant of academic success and economic mobility,” Howard County Executive Calvin Ball said.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The results of a recent survey from New America, a left-leaning think tank, show that nearly half of students who left community college before fall 2023 with some credit but no degree or credential cite having to work as a major reason why.

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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. Some 90% of 83,000-plus students who responded to the 2023 Community College Survey of Student Engagement said they had zeroed in on a career path.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 5, 2024

California Offers Stipends to Financially Vulnerable Community College Students kathryn.palmer… Tue, 03/05/2024 - 03:00 AM A new pilot program gives students who were formerly incarcerated or in the foster care system, and some low-income parents, money to help pay their living costs. Byline(s) Kathryn Palmer

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Boom Time for Maine’s Community Colleges Liam Knox Tue, 10/24/2023 - 03:00 AM Enrollment in the state's two-year system hit an all-time high this fall, despite national declines and the state’s aging population. What’s their secret? Byline(s) Liam Knox

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Adult community college students in degree-progressing English and math courses are nearing parity with their traditional-age student counterparts when it comes to course completion, according to a new report from California Competes. Empowering the 6.8

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Higher Education Today

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Title: Unlocking Potential: Enhancing Community College Services for Immigrant and Refugee Students Source: Upwardly Global Upwardly Global, in collaboration with Lumina Foundation and the National Council for Workforce Education, conducted research focused on the intersection of immigrant inclusion and workforce development.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 14, 2024

The Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth campuses and the state’s community colleges are embarking on a new partnership to ease the transfer process.

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Community College League of California

APRIL 4, 2024

The Community College League of California recognized retiring California Community College Chancellors and Presidents for their years of service at the 2024 CEO Symposium in San Diego. League CEO and President Larry Galizio Ph.D., and CEOCCC President Julianna Barnes, Ed.D. Among those being recognized were:

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University Business

JANUARY 10, 2024

Community colleges are in dire need of support as more reports convey just how few of their students are succeeding. Some colleges have succeeded in employing mentorship opportunities and finding innovative ways to support their students financially to help boost retention rates.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 14, 2024

Students at Monroe Community College in New York are objecting a decision to allow campus safety officers to carry long rifles on campus. Some students held a protest rally on Monday to voice their opposition, Rochester First reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

New faculty unions at Howard Community College and Frederick Community College have been certified and recognized, with full-time faculty recognized as AFT-Maryland members, Maryland Matters reported. That’s why it is such a hot labor summer.” Unions do not necessarily have to be adversarial.

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

Piedmont Community College will be offering a Taylor Swift course next year. I think we’re the first community college to teach a course on Taylor Swift,” Townsend stated, also saying, “Why not look at this pop culture phenomenon of Taylor Swift? She’s absolutely massive.”.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2024

Austin Community College District (ACC) is proposing to make college tuition free for all high school seniors in Central Texas. The Austin Community College District plans to present a formal plan for a free tuition pilot program to its Board of Trustees in February.

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ACRLog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

I think about community colleges a lot. But I think about how we, as a society, talk about and respond to community colleges— or don’t. Having said that, I also consider how college is ingrained in the public imagination. This might sound like an obvious statement considering I work at one.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The Board of Trustees at Eastern Gateway Community College in Ohio announced Wednesday that registration and enrollment will be paused for terms beyond the current spring semester due to ongoing financial struggles, according to Ideastream Public Media

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Tallahassee Community College (TCC) recently received high honors from Achieving the Dream , an organization and network founded to close achievement gaps and accelerate student success nationwide by guiding institutional change, influencing public policy, generating knowledge, and engaging the public. 19-22, in Orlando, Florida.

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