Community colleges suffered steep enrollment losses during the Covid-crisis. Today, many two-year institutions continue to stabilize their rolls largely through dual enrollment, even as college leaders strive to attract the students who can benefit the…
Ending workforce training is a tough and timely topic for two-year public colleges still compensating for pandemic-spurred enrollment declines. Although these outcomes can be controversial, they are made after an exacting vetting process and hopes…
Community colleges are known for navigating marginalized students along the sometimes rocky road to the workforce or a four-year university. Considering recent drops in transfer numbers, two-year institutions and four-year colleges are teaming up to…
Not long ago, Middlesex Community College (MCC) student Maddy Fadden needed help finding a safe place to live. Going through peer mentorship training at the Massachusetts college both directed Fadden to the proper resources and…
For minority populations striving to reach new heights of academia, it is often the smaller slights that equate to feelings of marginalization. As just one example, Monique Umphrey recalls a superior handing an initiative she…
Inequity in workforce programming has been historically difficult to address for community colleges trying to meet labor market demands. Even a concentration on placing Black and Latino students into high-demand jobs is not much use…
Stacy Yonnone remembers working on cars with her father in the family garage, a radio nearby belting out tunes from a local rock station. World-renowned heavy metal band Metallica was on constant rotation back then,…
Getting buy-in for funding requires hard work around advocacy and clear communication. Tillamook Bay Community College is an example of doing just that. In May, the Oregon college saw voters turn out for passage of…
A group of dancers sways to the gentle strains of a violin, the word “stay” illuminating the floor at their feet. Amid the hypnotic rhythm of moving bodies, a voice implores viewers to “Please stay….
Steady Moono, president of SUNY Schenectady County Community College, came to the U.S. from an impoverished village in Zambia, with aims of getting an education and starting a new path. Even that long journey —…