Tag: Disadvantaged Students

Community Colleges

In Support of Rural Higher Education, Economic Diversity and Democracy

As a community college, our student body is diverse. It reflects the real world. As part of my first year efforts to see our college through our students’ eyes, at the end of last semester, we held a forum where students shared their thoughts on what started as age diversity on campus. The students communicated how much they treasure what we, educators, see as valuable and a unique advantage afforded to them because they are completing the first two years of their undergraduate degree at a community college.

February 5, 2019

Opinion

Federal TRIO Programs Work

There are many students in America who benefit from TRIO, and there are many more who need TRIO services. I am living proof that TRIO works.

March 19, 2018