Academic programs

The power of good mentors

As she shared the promising results of her biomaterials research, Jin Kim Montclare dazzled her audience at the 2017 Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Principal Investigators Conference with stories about the educators who mentored her and…


Take ATE innovations to scale

Mike Russo set an ambitious goal for the principal investigators of National Science Foundation-funded Advanced Technological Education (ATE) projects and centers who he addressed Monday evening in Washington, D.C. Madeline PattonMadeline Patton is an education…


Students return to campus as staff

When Alma Lopez was a student at San Bernardino Valley College (SBVC) in California, she received guidance and encouragement from English instructor Dolores Moreno and counselor Laura Gomez. Paul Bratulinis director of marketing and public…


Connecting libraries, librarians to student success

Since 2013, North Carolina community colleges have been tracking performance measures focusing on students who need help to catch up and to keep up with their peers. A group of librarians wanted to identify and…


Ky. colleges confer record credentials

Kentucky’s public and independent colleges and universities conferred a record 70,146 degrees and credentials during the 2016-17 year, up 6.6 percent from the previous year and a 34.8 percent gain from 10 years ago. Daily…


FTEs don’t equal students

“What’s your enrollment?” Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts – Website


Innovation is key at new workforce centers

The newly renovated Applied Technology and Trades Center at Aims Community College in Colorado integrates learning into the actual walls of the building. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts – Website


Taking one more course can matter

A new report emphasizes the benefits of part-time students adding more courses — even just one — in helping them persist and complete a credential. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community…


N.M. mulls spending on dual enrollment

New Mexico officials are reconsidering whether increasingly popular college-level classes taken by high school students warrant growing public subsidies. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast,…


Four-year itch

When Ohio in late June became the latest state to let community colleges award four-year degrees, Clark State Community College President Jo Alice Blondin was ecstatic. Dennis PierceDennis Pierce is an education writer based in…