What’s on your course menu?
Think about your online course shell like a website for your class. When you go to a website, what are you looking for in terms of navigation or design? Think about the last website you…
Academic Programs
Black History Month: A time for reflection, assessment
When I was younger, Black History Month meant reading the biographies of famous African Americans and writing papers about Civil Rights leaders. Now that I am president and CEO of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), I…
EV races, crash-test dummies and more
Enrollment in North Central State College’s (NCSC) mechanical engineering technology program has grown in recent years with competitions woven into project-based courses and connections to a company uniquely involved in automotive safety tests. Michael Beebe,…
Snapshots
Photos from college members of the American Association of Community Colleges. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, ranking member on the House Appropriations Committee’s education and labor panel, receives the 2023 National Education Service Award from the Association…
Giving the gift of a ‘good death’
It was a normal workday at Patty Burgess’ cosmetic surgery consulting business, then the phone rang. It was a call for her coworker, Rona, from her doctor that made her visibly upset. The doctor had…
Teaching while Black: My story
When I was young, we often drove from Ohio to Louisiana to visit family. I recall my parents needing to plan strategically so that we would not have to stop in certain unsafe states, and…
Reporter’s notebook
Senators re-introduce bipartisan JOBS Act Studying strategies for post-Covid student recovery Senators re-introduce bipartisan JOBS Act Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Virginia) and Mike Braun (R-Indiana) on Tuesday reintroduced the Jumpstarting Our Businesses by Supporting Students (JOBS)…
Bringing the three Rs to higher ed marketing
Purple squirrels … blue diamonds … unicorns. No matter what terms we use, we all have those special customers that Psychology Today coins “pseudo-exceptionals.” These pseudo-exceptionals are those who believe they’re completely different from others…
A source of knowledge and inspiration
When Douglas B. Hamm applied to MentorLinks, he hoped it would improve Lakeshore Technical College (LTC) faculty and staff members’ understanding of National Science Foundation (NSF) resources and lead to better connections with the American…
In tandem: Community college partnerships
Editor’s note: “In tandem” is a new CC Daily feature that provides briefs on recently announced community college partnerships with business and industry, other higher education institutions and more. Ford training opportunities for New York…