Building a futures mindset
Predicting the future doesn’t require a crystal ball. By looking for signals and disruptors – and using some creative thinking – MiraCosta College is building a futures framework to shape the next 15 years and…
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Helping single mother learners reach their goals
Four community colleges are working to increase the academic and career success of single mother learners. Their work is the focus of a new brief from the Education Design Lab. Central New Mexico, Delgado, Ivy…
Time for OER
Open educational resources (OER) lower access barriers for students by eliminating or greatly reducing the cost of instructional materials while empowering faculty to customize and improve those materials. The alignment of OER with community colleges’…
Removing a financial burden
Paying for college is one of the most significant hurdles students today face, and the past year and a half presented more challenge and change than ever before. When the Covid-19 pandemic reached our communities,…
Washington Watch: House passes BBB; Eyes on Senate
After weeks of negotiation among Democrats, House on Friday passed the Build Back Better (BBB) Act (H.R. 5376) by the narrowest of margins, 220-213. The BBB is fiscal year 2022 budget “reconciliation” legislation, which means…
Tapping tech in rural Oregon
In the arid canyonlands of central Oregon’s Crooked River Ranch community, the only internet Brandi Sneed could access was through her cellular network. “We are living in our RV,” says the Central Oregon Community College…
Some hope in first-time enrollments?
First-time college student enrollments at community colleges have taken a huge hit during the pandemic — down more than -20% since fall 2019 — but new data show there is an uptick this fall among…
Details of HEERF spending
Two House Education and Labor subcommittees held a joint hearing Wednesday to learn how K-12 and postsecondary institutions are using specific federal funds to help address challenges brought on by the Covid pandemic. The Early…
Strengthening early childhood education programs
A new report from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) highlights the link between early childhood education (ECE) and higher education and the barriers and opportunities that exist to meeting the…
A workforce bridge for refugees, immigrants
Mt. Hood Community College’s newest career path for its region’s large contingent of refugees and other immigrants began — as many things do — in Las Vegas. Some of the college’s leaders had joined other…