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University, Community Colleges Partner for More Inclusive STEM Education

Insight Into Diversity

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. This article was published in our March 2023 issue.

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10th Minority Male Initiative Set to Shape the Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Minority Male Initiative, an annual conference aimed at helping shape the futures of high school juniors, seniors, and current Brookdale Community College students will take place next week at the New Jersey institution. It also offers scholarships, internships, and career opportunities. health science; 4.)

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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. Read about them here. MS in Business Analytics – STEM-designated Adelphi University Robert B.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The four entities recognized this year span a diverse geographic area, but they share the mission of uplifting their communities while also creating a broader impact in terms of education and the workforce. We’re changing the landscape of how community colleges serve underserved students,” says Espiritu. “We

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Transforming Transfer at Selective Colleges and Universities

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Beyond Transfer Millions of community college students are pursuing their higher education journeys right now. Many aspire to transfer to a four-year college or university. Now that we can look at data from the fall 2017 cohort, we see just three percent of community college transfer students enrolled at selective schools.

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Donations to higher ed had biggest boost in 20 years

Inside Higher Ed

The contributions went mostly to restricted endowments, primarily to fund scholarships, and to “operations with restrictions on use”—usually research projects. Tied to this, they said, are efforts by alumni relations offices to adapt their fundraising efforts to the sensibilities and technologies of the new generation.

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Creating career-ready graduates

Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

April is Community College Month, a time to celebrate the broad impact of our nation’s community colleges. Lorain County Community College. It’s right there, our middle name: community. In 2018, LCCC made history again as the first community college to deliver an applied bachelor’s degree in MEMS.