Community colleges have made great strides in advancing student success and completion during the last decade. But not all students have benefited from these efforts equally. Dennis PierceDennis Pierce is an education writer based in…
ORLANDO, Fla. — Community colleges rarely, if ever, attend conferences about housing and food insecurity. It’s about time they do in order to foster partnerships to help the increasing number of students on campus who…
ORLANDO, Fla. – The U.S. Education Department (ED) is encouraging colleges to tap federal assistance that is designed to help students who don’t have a high school diploma or its equivalent. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits…
ORLANDO, Fla. — The idea of creating guided pathways is pretty well accepted by community colleges, but the implementation piece is challenging. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts – Website
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Center for First Generation Student Success, an initiative of NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and the Suder Foundation, is launching a major study of first-generation students in community colleges….
ORLANDO, Fla. — Author and researcher Marcus Buckingham has a simple message for community college leaders: Play to your strengths. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts – Website
Community college students agree that having a positive “mindset” does help in succeeding in college, but there are two areas where their budding confidence freezes: testing and math. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American…
Across the nation, state community college systems and individual colleges are heeding the call to better advise students on their pathways and ensure that those pathways move along smoothly and logically. They are taking steps…
A group of students at MiraCosta College (MCC) in California will soon earn bachelor’s degrees in a relatively new field – biomanufacturing – and move on to specialized jobs, such as creating proteins, at biotechnology…
Two Florida colleges – Indian River State College (IRSC) and Miami Dade College (MDC) – have been named the 2019 winners of the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College…