Tag: Miami-Dade College

COVID-19

How Did Institutions Spend COVID-19 Relief Funding?

Last year, the effects of COVID-19 caused unemployment rates to increase and forced many businesses to shut their doors. For higher education institutions, the transition to virtual learning resulted in revenue loss and created more awareness around existing equity gaps.

April 19, 2021

Opinion

Harrison Champions Increased Student Access at Miami Dade College

Miami Dade College (MDC) Provost Dr. Malou Harrison has taken aggressive and direct action to address gaps in higher education access and success for Black students through her spearheading of the Rising Black Scholars program.

March 9, 2021

Latest News

Webinar Analyzes Prior-Learning Assessments’ Impact on Adult Student Outcomes

Using first-hand accounts of student experiences and input from higher education leaders, Lumina Foundation’s webinar Dec. 10 discussed the impact of prior-learning assessments (PLA) on adult student outcomes.

December 10, 2020

News Roundup

Florida Program Aims to Boost College Completion

The Last Mile College Completion Program, spearheaded by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, will allow Florida residents who left college because of cost to finish their degrees. There are 28 colleges participating, including Miami Dade College, which recently announced a new scholarship to help its returning students. The scholarship for former Miami Dade College students provides […]

November 11, 2019

Students

It’s Time to Celebrate High-Quality Community Colleges

For over a third of American undergraduate students, pursuit of a college education begins at community college. Excellent community colleges propel students of all backgrounds into the middle class.

July 23, 2019

News Roundup

Labor Department Awards $183M in Apprenticeship Grants

Miami Dade College has been awarded a U.S. Department of Labor Scaling Apprenticeship Through Sector-Based Strategies grant worth nearly $2 million to expand and create new apprenticeship opportunities in Florida. The labor department this week announced $183.8 million in Scaling Apprenticeship Through Sector-Based Strategies grants to support the development and expansion of apprenticeships for educational […]

June 27, 2019

Latinx

Equity Chase: Efforts Narrow Racial Disparities in College Study Abroad

As public discourse increases around issues of equity getting into college, succeeding there and landing a good job after, some researchers are studying racial disparities in often-overlooked areas such as study abroad.

April 17, 2019

Community Colleges

Aspen Institute Recognizes 2019 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence Winners

Indian River State College (IRSC) and Miami Dade College (MDC), both in Florida, are the co-winners of this year’s 2019 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, a national recognition from the Aspen Institute highlighting their outstanding commitment to student success and equitable student outcomes amongst a pool of 1,000 community colleges across the country.

April 2, 2019

News Roundup

Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

Miami Dade College (MDC) has announced that its president, Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce during the Hispanic Leadership Awards luncheon on Friday, March 22. “It’s a tremendous honor to be recognized with this award from the South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, […]

March 18, 2019

News Roundup

Study: Students Using English Language Learning Software Experienced Greater Gains in Proficiency

Community college students who used the app Voxy had more proficiency gains in the English language than their peers in the same group who used a different software. That’s the findings of a new study conducted by American Institutes for Research (AIR). The study, conducted at Miami Dade College, was created to analyze the impact […]

January 29, 2019

News Roundup

Miami Dade College to Create College Credit Certificate in Digital Marketing with Facebook Partnership

Miami Dade College (MDC) will become the first higher education institution in Florida to collaborate with Facebook to create a specific curriculum to train its students, entrepreneurs, small business owners and others working in digital marketing. With this collaboration, Miami Dade and Facebook will create a College Credit Certificate that extends the college’s current Digital […]

December 19, 2018

Students

Report: Aligning K-12 and Community Colleges for Student Success

Accelerate academic transitions, extend navigational supports and serve as career bridges are three principal recommendations of a new resource guide focused on aligning the K-12 system and community colleges for student success.

November 29, 2018