Tag: Amarillo College

Community Colleges

Community College Student Housing Needs Heightened Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Student housing at community colleges is somewhat rare — only 28% of community colleges in America have on-campus dormitory options for their students. But the last twenty years have seen a growing number of community colleges try to find creative ways to help their students who are housing or food insecure.

July 8, 2021

Community Colleges

San Antonio College Emerges Winner of 2021 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence

San Antonio College (SAC) was selected as the winner of the 2021 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. The announcement came during a virtual award ceremony on Tuesday.

May 18, 2021

Community Colleges

Love Students to Success and Close Equity Gaps Through a Culture of Caring

In 2015, Amarillo College (AC) focused on its key student success progress and completion points. The data told a disappointing and even devastating story. Using “secret shoppers,” data summits, focus group and survey data, AC identified key reasons our students were not successful — poverty, bureaucracy and lack of relational connection and support.

November 12, 2020

Community Colleges

At Innovation Conference, Poverty Among Issues Discussed

The League for Innovation in the Community College—an international nonprofit focused on student success and institutional excellence—used their annual conference to encourage college administrators, staff and faculty to think outside of the box in developing bold new initiatives for their students.

February 26, 2019