Good faculty onboarding pays off
To successfully teach at a community college requires a special set of skills. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts – Website
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Reporter’s notebook
Connecting students from different countries Without a passport or a plane ticket, some Rockland Community College (RCC) students will engage in international dialogue this fall. Participants in a class taught by RCC Professor Catherine Roche…
Accounting for everyone
In business, accountability is key. Companies are accountable to their boards, shareholders, and customers. They’re accountable to their mission. It’s no different in higher education, and for public institutions, accountability extends to their funders, including…
A quick look at revenue sources, demographics
State funding comprises 31.3 percent of community college revenues, according to a new community college fact sheet from the American Association of Community Colleges. That’s a slight bump up from 29.8 percent reported in AACC’s…
Connecting to STEM
Since 2014, MassBay Community College’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Mentor Program has been connecting STEM students and regional employers for one-on-one mentoring relationships. The program provides substantive, skills-based programs and networking opportunities that…
Focused on collaborating
Coordination between two- and four-year institutions is critical to ensure that students who complete an associate degree move through a pipeline to transfer and succeed at the next level of their education, according to Sandra…
Industrial-strength partnership
At 19, Dalton Sasin’s wizardry with a welding wand is taking him places. This month, he begins a 20-week specialized welding training program in Port Arthur with Cheniere Energy, who recruited him right out of…
Hitting the road in a new career
Some of the first graduates of the commercial driver license (CDL) program taught through the new Wallace State Community College-Oneonta Center are looking forward to hitting the road and starting new careers. Gail Crutchfieldis the…
Ariz. college board to appeal ruling on immigrant student tuition
The state’s largest community college district will ask the Arizona Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling saying young immigrants granted deferred deportation status are not eligible for lower in-state college tuition. Associated PressCopyright…
e-Headlines
1 in 5 L.A. community college students is homeless, survey finds Los Angeles Times One in every 5 of the Los Angeles Community College District’s 230,000 students is homeless, and nearly two-thirds can’t afford to…