Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

On Tuesday, a magistrate judge granted an injunction to prevent a professor from receiving potential disciplinary action for refusing to adhere to a new diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEIA) policy at the California Community Colleges (CCC) system.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Community colleges must play an integral role in diversifying four-year colleges and universities in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action, and both types of institutions should work harder to develop strong partnerships focused on creating greater access to higher education, say education experts. “As

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University Business

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

But with the well of federal relief aid expired, community colleges that have historically served the nation’s most underresourced populations have been forced to cull together various resources to keep their at-risk students from stopping out and regain those lost due to finances. Of the $76.2 Education will help them.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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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 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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Lizette Navarette will become the next president of Woodland Community College, effective January 2024, The Appeal-Democrat reported.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

How Community College Alumni View the Value of Higher Ed Sara Weissman Wed, 09/06/2023 - 03:00 AM Report finds fewer than half of community college alumni believe their degree helped advance their career. Byline(s) Sara Weissman

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Indeed, the front lines of equity and diversity efforts in higher education are found not at highly selective universities but at community colleges and other open-access institutions. About half of first-generation students are enrolled in two-year colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Only over a tenth of students receiving Title IV aid (13%) who start at community colleges ultimately earn bachelor’s degrees within eight years, according to a U.S. Though 13% was the overall community college BA attainment rate, there was significant variation among U.S. Department of Education (ED) report.

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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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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Institutions nationwide are overhauling how they help learners understand, select and enter a program of study.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 25, 2023

Healey launched MassReconnect, her administration’s new program establishing free community college for Massachusetts residents aged 25 and older and awarded $100,000 to each of Massachusetts’ 15 community colleges to support the quick implementation of the program this fall. Quincy College also received $1.5

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AACC

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Reading Area Community College (RACC) recently launched a $19.6 Guests: Dr. Susan Looney, president Read More » The post Community College Voice Podcast, Season 8, Episode 3 first appeared on AACC. million project to renovate and redesign Weitz Hall, turning it into the Weitz Healthcare Pavilion.

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University Business

AUGUST 15, 2023

Community colleges’ ease of access, relatively low cost and opportunities for under-resourced students, coupled with their high dropout rates and spotty record of upward transfers , have given higher education’s underdog a mercurial reputation. Similarly, community colleges experienced a whopping 12.4%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Roughly a tenth of Lakeland Community College (LCC) employees will be removed to avoid financial challenges for the school, Scene reported. 3, 2024.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Gavin Newsom (D) reached an agreement on a new pilot pathway program designed to facilitate student transfers between the University of California (UC) and the state’s community college system. The post California Seeks to Expand Access for Community College Transfers Under New Plan appeared first on INSIGHT Into Diversity.

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 6, 2023

Online Learning Still in High Demand at Community Colleges Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-1243725322.jpg jpg Sara Weissman Fri, 07/07/2023 - 12:00 AM

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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

APRIL 4, 2023

Community college presidents are reluctant to enter partisan debates, and with good reason. Community colleges in particular have strong supporters on both sides of the aisle. First, these attempts to limit or chill efforts in DEI challenge our core mission and purpose as community colleges.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Nearly 80 percent of community college staff have concerns about their institutions’ ability to meet the needs of a growing immigrant student population, according to a new report from the nonprofit Upwardly Global. Though individuals often enter the U.S. Though individuals often enter the U.S. For the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The University of Michigan-Flint is partnering with select Michigan community colleges to bring more students into nursing programs. Gretchen Whitmer's 2023 budget – is offering community colleges up to $2 million to help students transfer to B.S. The $56 million initiative – a result of Michigan Gov.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Austin Community College (ACC) will offer free food, housing services, and family support as part of an effort to strengthen student services, KXAN reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2023

Boston residents can get tuition-free education at six community colleges, due to the expansion of the city government’s Tuition-Free Community College Plan. Any associate’s degree or “short-term certificate program” will be eligible, but students already enrolled will not be.

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AACC

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Keith Curry, president of Compton College Dr. Michael Gavin, president of Delta College For more information about joining Dr. Curry and Dr. Gavin in their DEIA work, email Dr. Gavin. The post Community College Voice Podcast, Season 8, Episode 1 first appeared on AACC.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Union Employees Arrested for Trespassing on Community College Campus Featured Image at Top of Article HACCLancasterArrest.jpg kathryn.palmer… Fri, 09/01/2023 - 03:00 AM

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Community college students in California who transfer to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) will be eligible for a one-time grant of up to $5,000 thanks to a new bill signed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. In the 2021-22 fiscal year, 53 CCC students transferred to HBCUs.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 6, 2023

Image: Community college baccalaureate programs in California can help more Black and Latino students earn bachelor’s degrees in a state that badly needs a more educated workforce, according to a new report. ” There are currently no community college baccalaureate programs in nursing in the state.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, community colleges across the country saw a decline in enrollment for myriad reasons — financial, family, illness, lack of internet or inability to adapt to online learning. The purpose of community colleges is to increase access to higher education for the most vulnerable populations.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Over the last two decades, our nation’s community colleges have received increasing recognition, and for good reason. Community college students are more likely to be Black, Hispanic, and from lower-income backgrounds than four-year students. Why should new reform efforts focus on leadership?

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EAB

JULY 21, 2023

Blogs Why customer service matters for community colleges Learnings and recommendations from EAB’s 2023 customer service survey I just talked to someone in registration, and they told me to call you! What are the features of a “modern student experience,” and how do community colleges stack up?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Community colleges could potentially serve as a valuable source for immigrants to access affordable postsecondary education, upskilling and reskilling opportunities, and workforce preparation, the report noted. today have a college degree or higher, Krause-Vilmar said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 18, 2023

Six community colleges have received $150,000 each from Lumina Foundation to bolster their digital and mobile presence to better connect with and recruit students. We intentionally focused on smaller colleges which make up most two-year institutions.

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Campus Technology

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

California's Glendale Community College (GCC) will be the first community college, in partnership with Dreamscape Learn, to bring virtual reality (VR) introductory science learning to campus. The program will be housed in a new Virtual Reality Center, funded by a $4.5 million state grant.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 21, 2023

Community Colleges Buoyed by Modest Enrollment Growth Featured Image at Top of Article Community_Colleges_Enrollment-01.jpg jpg Sara Weissman Mon, 08/21/2023 - 03:00 AM

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 4, 2023

Image: Community colleges across the country are struggling to recruit and hire new people after losing faculty and staff members in droves during the pandemic. College leaders report staffing losses at all levels, including IT workers, student success professionals, dining hall workers and executive leaders, she said.

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EAB

MAY 9, 2023

Podcast Do Community Colleges Need an “Intervention”? Reporter Jon Marcus joins EAB’s Tara Zirkel to explore the root causes behind steep enrollment declines and poor student outcomes at community colleges. EAB · Do Community Colleges Need an “Intervention?” Episode 150. May 9, 2023. million people.

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