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Program Equips Community College Students to Obtain Four-Year Degrees

Insight Into Diversity

The Exploring Transfer program at Vassar College is a summer intensive that immerses currently enrolled community college students in an academically rigorous environment, providing vital support and encouragement so they can ultimately continue their education at a competitive four-year institution.

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Community College of Vermont and Hospital Pay Students to Take Classes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Facing a national shortage of early childhood educators , the Community College of Vermont (CCV) and the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) have teamed up for an innovative solution: paying students to reduce their hours at their jobs in favor of taking more classes. SVMC’s initial idea was to fund scholarships.

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Building Opportunities for Black Men

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Adrianne Washington, dean of special academic programs at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), found that the Honors Program was overlooking the school’s Black men, it didn’t sit right with her. Washington is dean of the nascent Honors College. We really have to be flexible.

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These access and affordability programs geared toward high schoolers reap great results

University Business

Tackling workforce needs with financial assistance Maine Free College, a free college scholarship initiative introduced by the Maine Community College System (MCCS) in the 2022-23 academic year, has helped contribute to a mass resurgence in enrollment compared to the rest of the country. The same goes for Arizona.

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C2YC Past Award Recipients

ACPA

Dariel “DT” Henry, Bristol Community College 2013 – Lisa S. Kelsay, Moraine Valley Community College 2012 – Darl Drummond, College of Lake County 2011 – Deborah Casey-Powell, Green River Community College 2010 – Randy L.

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A Welcome Debate

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean The state of Florida is conducting a master class in how not to have civil debate. It’s about completion scholarships. Some context: completion scholarships are typically small grants of money that colleges or universities will give to students who are nearly finished.

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Diverse Students Need Diverse Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Former collegiate athlete Yusuf Sabree was a standout student-athlete who currently holds the position of district dean of student services at Wayne County (Mich.) Community College. Christine Johnson McPhail Sabree decided to target Michigan community college former athletes as participants in his study.

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