At the first national convening of community college presidents and K-12 superintendents in 2014, improving college readiness was the focus of the discussions. Matthew Dembickiis editor of Community College Daily and serves as publications director…
Community colleges strive to fulfill the unique needs of military service members, veterans and their families, a mission harkening back to wartime and the decades in which the nation’s fighters were off the battlefield. Douglas…
Most students want their voices to be heard, but the digital age and reliance on smartphones and computers have led many of them to feel more comfortable communicating via technology. Angela Menneckeis a media relations…
In 2016, Borough of Manhattan Community College’s (BMCC) teacher education department secured a three-year, $409,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to fund the Comprehensive Educator Empowerment Program at central Harlem’s Public School 125. Borough…
When Nicaela Cartagena enrolled at Bronx Community College (BCC) in New York, she hoped to become a nurse. City University of New YorkMore Posts
While declining enrollment continues to plague many community colleges across the country, preliminary figures at Maine’s community colleges show a 6.3 percent increase in fall-to-fall enrollment. That amounts to about 950 more students, for a…
The demand for veterinary technicians is growing at a faster-than-average rate, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Becoming a vet tech is a good career choice for many; it pays a good salary,…
Student data, dual enrollment, developmental education, student services and transferring to four-year institutions all tie into equity issues on college campuses and in the communities they serve, according to community college administrators who met on…
Developing and maintaining health sciences programs cannot be done in isolation. Western Technical College (Wisconsin) believes in community partnerships and collaboration. Diane Osterhaus Neefeis dean of general studies and former dean of health and public…
Early participants of the guided pathways model to improve student success have taken various approaches to develop and implement their efforts for whole-college redesign, but they do share some common elements, according to a new…