Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

Community colleges play a critical role, providing affordable and accessible education for diverse populations. According to the American Association of Community Colleges, our nation had over 1,000 public, tribal, and independent community colleges enrolling 10.2

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Lennor Johnson, president and superintendent of Imperial Valley College in El Centro, California. Student housing is extremely rare at community colleges in California, although affordable housing is increasingly hard to find. The Harbour, where 800 Orange Coast College students live on campus. Out of the system’s 1.8

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2023

Gonzales’ passion for education has culminated in a swift rise to being named chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) last September. The district comprises 10 independently accredited colleges in Arizona serving over 94,000 students. He became president of GateWay Community College in MCCCD in 2013.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Mott Community College’s automotive department is reopening its student service garage to the public starting Feb. The garage – it closed to the public in 2020 due to the pandemic – will cost $10 per vehicle per day for inspection, diagnosis, and repairs. And drivers only pay for the cost of installed parts.

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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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The Scholarly Teacher

MAY 17, 2023

Roxanna Dewey , Glendale Community College Key Statement : As the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder rises, challenges for college students with ASDs may be mitigated through instructional strategies beyond accommodations. Differences between HS and college. Differences between HS and College | Chapman University.

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EAB

JANUARY 26, 2023

Blogs 6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023 For the past two years, it’s been difficult to focus on anything beyond the immediate consequences of the pandemic. But now as we find ourselves stabilizing, it’s time to pause and take stock of the full landscape facing community colleges. get your copy 2.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

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. The institutions lost 13 percent of their employees nationally from January 2020 to April 2022, according to an estimate from EAB, a higher education consulting firm.

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University Business

DECEMBER 6, 2023

As a lack of affordable housing in the state continues to confront low-income residents, many community college students are feeling the brunt of out-of-reach rent. Department of Education found that, nationally, 8% of community college students experienced homelessness in 2020. Read more from The Mining Journal.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Image: Against the backdrop of headlines blaring news about declining community college enrollments, one bright spot has emerged: community college students, faculty and administrators are broadly aligned in their enthusiasm for the digital transformation that has occurred at their institutions since the start of the pandemic.

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EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2022

5 Tips to Recruit and Enroll Latine/x Students in Your Community College. Prospective Latine/x college students in the U.S. are the most likely to choose community college as their first step when pursuing a higher education. Spotlight: Holyoke Community College. of attending your community college?

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University Business

MARCH 8, 2023

Upward transfer students from two-year colleges to four-year institutions, however, continue to lag, with a 7.5% decline since the fall of 2020, a semester smack-dab in the middle of the pandemic, according to a new study by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. since the fall of 2020. since fall 2020.

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

More from UB : Report: International graduate student enrollment booms by 100% since the pandemic Similarly, the number of students considering community college has increased from 20% in 2020 to 25% in 2023. Thirty-five percent would rather it last two years or fewer.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Image: To increase enrollment and retention of male students, Queensborough Community College in New York is investing in a Male Resource Center, aimed at its smallest populations of Black and Latino men to create equity, President Christine Mangino says. At community colleges, the ratio grows, with nearly three women to every two men.

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Ray Schroeder

AUGUST 13, 2023

A rift has formed at Spartanburg Community College, where some faculty members are in revolt against what they say is a school administration that has been heavy-handed in its approach to governance since new leadership took over three years ago.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Between July 2020 and July 2021, the U.S. She’s been with the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) since 1980 and became its vice president for student affairs in 2008. Median rents for a one bedroom in Tribeca, where BMCC is located, soared from their low of $3,079 in November 2020 to $5,500 in 2022.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

decrease was observed for undergraduate transfer enrollment from 2020-2022. decrease from 2020-2022. Meanwhile, other transfer pathways saw enrollment rising back up in 2022, though still not enough to prevent an overall decrease from 2020-2022, the report noted. in 2021 to -2.3% An overall 6.9% in 2021 to now -1.5%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Military friendly is a common phrase used by organizations to communicate an appreciation of military service members (Kirchner, et al., If your community college is struggling to have those conversations, outside facilitators can support you. Dr. Susan M. 2) Who are your military-connected learners and how do you know?

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EAB

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

How to engage more community college prospects amid the “great opt out”. As the number of traditional-aged students continues to decline, community college leaders must focus on enrollment and recruitment strategies within their control. Source: EAB analysis of American Community Survey data.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

It’s not an everyday occurrence when a community college leader gets a phone call telling them their institution will receive an influx of funding in the millions. when MacKenzie Scott, one of the richest women in the world, decided to make a major investment in community colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

State agencies and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spoke of a mental health emergency among youth and schoolchildren in 2020, citing steadily rising rates of suicide from 2010-2020. “I State community colleges, public universities, and independent colleges that get state aid are also eligible.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

But after showing up at one of Michigan’s community colleges, the returning student is given a high-stakes test in math and English to see if they are “ready” for college-level work. And Michigan colleges have begun making those changes. And they follow through.

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University Business

JANUARY 10, 2023

Community colleges, which serve the majority of higher education’s low-income students and students of color, must be included in the conversation, experts say. The law has spurred private investments for semiconductor production since the bill was introduced in spring of 2020, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2024

The profile of the average community college student is changing. While two-year institutions still have significant populations of adult students and people desirous of enhancing their career options, there is a growing number of first-time college students, age 18 to 22, that are seeking a traditional college experience.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2024

It could be the result of the gradual decline in postsecondary enrollment seen in the nation since around 2010, or a result from the severe enrollment drops during the COVID-19 pandemic, seen particularly at community colleges. These drops “erase the gains made between 2015 and 2020,” said Dr. Pietro A.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Blogs 5 areas for community college leaders to take stock in 2023 And resources to help sustain your post-pandemic momentum Now that community colleges have weathered the storm of the pandemic, it’s time to take a moment to recognize all you have accomplished, and then to begin to steer the transition from a “crisis” mindset to a sustainability one.

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

“The goal was to reach out and lift up those students most impacted by the pandemic,” David Daigler, president of the Maine Community College System, told the Appropriations and Education committees. That translates to 16,791 students, up from 15,004 the previous year, according to the college system. We’ve done that.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2024

Fall 2023 saw enrolment growth at public two-year schools and community colleges rose significantly (2.6%) while public and private nonprofit four-year schools saw increases to a lesser degree (0.6% Community colleges saw similarly high growth for freshmen age 25+ (12.8%) and age 21-24 (13.9%). and 2%, respectively.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2023

Caring Campus, a program to have faculty contribute to fostering a culture of caring for students at schools, is related to observable benefits, according to a recent report by the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University. colleges – most are community colleges.

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Colleges employed 3.9 percent from 2020 but still down from more than four million in 2019. Community college employee rolls have continued to shrink. percent from 3,868,066 in fall 2020, during the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic. million people in 2022, up 1.75

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Robert Kelchen

JANUARY 3, 2024

The invisible colleges revisited: An empirical review. Intended and unintended consequences of for-profit college regulation: Examining the 90/10 rule. link ) College pricing, tuition revenue, and endowments Baker, D. Name and shame”: An effective strategy for college tuition accountability? link ) Gándara, D. Kelchen, R.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

brought innovation, excellence, and inclusion to community colleges. from the Community College Leadership Program. Perhaps most notably, he was the founding president of El Paso Community College (EPCC) in Texas. When de los Santos became president of El Paso Community College, there was no campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

The state awarded $18 million each to six regional collaboratives consisting of at least one K-12 school district, University of California campus, California State University campus, and community college district. It’s a burgeoning industry, expected to grow 7% between 2020 and 2030.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Community colleges cannot create substantive and sustainable cultures of teaching, learning, evidence — or any kind of positive cultures — without the vision and support of highly competent leaders at all levels of the institution” (Kinnamon & O’Banion, 2020). Dr. Steven R. The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

“It is very encouraging to see that the students who entered college in the second year of the pandemic have stayed enrolled at higher rates,” said Dr. Doug Shapiro, the executive director of the NSCRC, in a statement. That’s what worries me and many community college leaders the most.” The rate of transfer remained flat.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Significant portions of the college student population have faced food insecurity, according to an analysis of data from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study: 2020 (NPSAS:20). Dr. Tammeil Y. They have to advocate."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Nicholas Cochrane, associate professor of business and economics at Mount Wachusett Community College. “To Now, Cochrane is an associate professor of business and economics at Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) in rural Gardner, Mass., Between Fall 2020 and Fall 2021, 62.1%

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