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African-American

Summit Aims to Support Black Male Student Success

Hundreds of higher education leaders and students gathered at the African American Male Education Network and Development’s (A2MEND) annual summit last week to discuss Black male experiences at community colleges.

March 5, 2021

Community Colleges

How to Revolutionize Fundraising in a Remote Environment

The wide-ranging consequences of this pandemic are huge, and the world of fundraising is facing its share of challenges: shifting to virtual meetings with current and prospective donors, digital communications and virtual events.

March 5, 2021

Community Colleges

Community Colleges Face Declining Enrollment Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

National community college enrollment has fallen 10% from fall 2019 to fall 2020, according to the National Student Clearinghouse, the Associated Press reported. The COVID-19 pandemic hit older adult students hard, with many losing their jobs or saddled with more time-consuming, at-home responsibilities due to the shift to online classes for children. And given that […]

February 22, 2021

Community Colleges

Flat is the New Up: How the Year of Covid-19 Continues to Reinvent Higher Ed

Along with its persisting global presence and its surging number of victims, COVID-19 has conjured numerous challenges due to its unprecedented nature. Whether we see the vast changes around us as positive or not, we need to adapt to stay in the performance race. Higher education is facing some critical demands, and it might be useful to summarize some gripping ones, along with the ways we’re collectively addressing them.

January 5, 2021

Community Colleges

What a Biden Administration Could Mean for Community Colleges

With President-elect Joe Biden preparing to take office in January, this might be community colleges’ big moment. The institutions’ advocates are already celebrating what a Joe Biden presidency could mean for the community college sector.

December 16, 2020

Community Colleges

Community Colleges Must Move Beyond Opportunity, Focus on Success

While we know that hard work and persistence are essential to success, we also know that opportunity and access are the true keys to student persistence and achievement. The modern community college was established in all states following passage of the GI Bill, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of vets entering American higher education […]

December 16, 2020

Community Colleges

Op-ed Urging Jill Biden to Drop ‘Dr.’ Honorific Sparks Heated Critiques of Sexism and Elitism

A Friday Wall Street Journal op-ed asking soon-to-be First Lady Dr. Jill Biden to drop the honorific denoting her Ed.D. has inspired heated criticism from many academics who are calling it sexist, classist and elitist.

December 14, 2020

Community Colleges

How Two-Year Colleges Can Mitigate Student Enrollment Declines

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the higher education sector, concerns arise around enrollment rates. More specifically, at community colleges.  This fall, the freshman enrollment rate declined by 18.9% at community colleges. The largest declines were seen among Native American males and Black males at 20.1% and 19.2%, respectively, according to the National Student […]

December 11, 2020

Community Colleges

Summit Focuses Equity Lens on Student Parent Success

The experiences of student parents pursuing a college education amid the COVID-19 pandemic was the focus of Thursday’s Achieving the Dream Student Parent Success Summit.

November 5, 2020

Community Colleges

Study Finds Connection Between Public Community College Promise Programs and Enrollment Increases

A new study funded by the American Educational Research Association found a correlation between public community college promise programs and an increase in enrollment among female and underrepresented students.

October 25, 2020

Students

California Community Colleges System Receives $100 Million Gift to Help Students in Need

The California Community Colleges system announced Tuesday that it has received $100 million to help more students complete degrees, transfer to universities and afford basic living expenses, the Los Angeles Times reported. The gift – from the Jay Pritzker Foundation – “will fund scholarships for students who have made significant progress toward completing a certificate, […]

October 21, 2020

Community Colleges

CCRC Playbook Provides Recommendations to Address Equity Gaps in Dual Enrollment Programs

In partnership with the Aspen Institute, the Community College Research Center (CCRC) highlighted equity gaps within dual enrollment programs and suggested ways postsecondary and K-12 leaders can address those barriers. According to the playbook, dual enrollment refers to college classes taken by high school students through a partnership with an institution.

October 7, 2020