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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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MARCH 12, 2024

A Blueprint for Enrollment Growth and Sustainability Higher education enrollment has been declining for several years, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). But not all colleges and universities are seeing declines. postsecondary institutions that are growing).

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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. Costs should not be a barrier to higher education,” said Boston Mayor Michelle Wu in an Apr.

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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.”

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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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MindMax

JANUARY 5, 2023

Summer isn’t what it used to be for higher education institutions and their students. Today, colleges and universities everywhere increasingly embrace the concept of a holistic year, and summer programming is an essential component of their offerings. Standard offerings that arose during this era include: Pre-college.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The University of Wyoming (UW) and five community colleges in the state are building a faculty network to share best practices and make science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education more inclusive. These relationships will also be cultivated through various projects and initiatives.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A comprehensive report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) illustrates the resilience of America’s blue-collar region and describes how increased collaboration with higher education can ensure its survival. Rural towns in the U.S. Census Bureau data from 2015 to 2019.

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University Business

JANUARY 29, 2024

Josh Shapiro proclaimed the state’s higher education system wasn’t “working.” ” Declining enrollment, skyrocketing tuition and financially thin institutions paralyzed state leaders on how the best path forward was to keep in-state talent and ensure its colleges and universities remained competitive. .”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A widespread health crisis is undermining American community colleges, with many current and potential students exhibit high rates of anxiety, depression, substance abuse, suicidal ideation, food insecurity, and more. Let’s be real: it costs significant money and time to address this problem, and most community colleges lack both.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 19, 2024

The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) and its technology platform, SkillPointe, have released an improved SkillPointe website to help students pursue in-demand skills while helping community colleges meet workforce demands. In fact, 35% of referrals from SkillPointe register in a program.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 10, 2023

INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine is pleased to announce the 109 institutions of higher education selected as recipients of the 2023 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award — including those in the community college and law school categories — and the 62 winners of the 2023 Health Professions HEED Award.

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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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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 6, 2023

Karen Spilka, who's backed higher education investment, proposed the idea during the start of the legislative session Wednesday.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2023

“One of the biggest holes that we had in this educational pipeline was the validation, the exposure to role models,” she says. Mission HISPA seeks to inspire Latino students to discover their potential and to ignite their desire to embrace education and achieve success. We continue that with programs in high school and in college.”

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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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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). So, I think there's an opportunity for colleges. …

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Higher Education Today

JANUARY 8, 2024

Title: Variation in Community College Funding Levels: A Focus on Equity Authors: Sandy Baum and Jason Cohn Source: The Urban Institute Community colleges play a critical role in expanding access to higher education, enrolling 44 percent of all U.S. public undergraduate students.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 27, 2024

California Community Colleges (CCC) will soon offer six new bachelor’s degree programs, an initiative aimed at expanding the accessibility and affordability of four-year degrees. The system, which consists of 116 colleges with a variety of additional campus centers and classrooms scattered across the state, announced the news Tuesday.

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Gray Associates

APRIL 16, 2024

Discover how community colleges are redefining higher education by expanding their offerings beyond traditional associate degrees.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This fall semester, Massasoit Community College achieved a new first. Massasoit Community College is officially offering a Black Studies curriculum. Ten years in the making The story of Black Studies at the Massachusetts public community college goes back a decade. The program got approval last spring.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 29, 2024

An advancing bill would give the institutions flexibility amid a shifting higher education landscape, one proponent said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 22, 2023

The Texas Senate unanimously approved a bill last week to allocate almost $430 million in additional funding over two years for the state's 50 community colleges, the Austin American-Statesman reported. What we do for our community colleges is the future of Texas," said Creighton, chair of the Senate Higher Education Subcommittee.

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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

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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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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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.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 19, 2023

Blog: Leadership in Higher Education This is an extraordinarily challenging time in higher education. Declining Enrollment Higher education enrollment has been dropping for almost 15 years, and that will continue. percent at community colleges, 1.8 It also reflects cultural and economic trends.

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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

JUNE 9, 2023

Oregon is changing how $550 million-plus in annual local and state taxpayer funding will be distributed to the state’s 17 community colleges. As it stands, the community colleges funding model distributed funds almost entirely based on student enrollment, which did not incorporate student success components.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2024

Danielle Lopez has been appointed the inaugural director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) for Accessibility Services at Hudson County Community College (HCCC). Danielle Lopez Lopez will serve as the college’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)/Section 504 coordinator, according to HCCC President Dr. Christopher Reber.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The recent Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies report on the steep enrollment declines of Black male students at community colleges is a stark reminder that our sector must accelerate the crucial work to ensure the academic success of Black male students.

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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

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Piedmont Community College will be offering a Taylor Swift course next year. Taylor Swift Scott Legato/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management file The course will be taught by Dr. David Townsend, dean of university transfer and general education and a self-proclaimed “life-long Swiftie.” She’s absolutely massive.”.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 2, 2023

In 2022, student leaders launched a campaign to challenge the long-standing stigma associated with attending community colleges. To overcome negative stereotypes, the CCSmart advocacy campaign tells the stories of students’ educational journeys and the positive impact community colleges had on their lives.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, a nonprofit dedicated to tracking student enrollment across higher education, found a 7.7% Indeed, the Department of Education found last year that only 13% of Title IV students who start at community colleges ultimately earn bachelor’s degrees within eight years.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Coconino Community College (CCC) has received $4 million to bolster male student enrollment efforts, Knau reported. The hope is that this effort will attract people to pursue higher education who may not have considered it before. These declines were worse for male students of color.

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