Reporter’s notebook
HSIs continue to growAre guided pathways working?ED seeks public input for review of Title IX regsFocus on corequisite support to improve equity HSIs continue to grow Public two-year colleges represent 41% of the nation’s 569…
Academic Programs
The effects of closed courses
Not getting into a course because it has reached its capacity can potentially have significant effects on community college students, even leading to them dropping out, according to a new research brief. Students at one…
Early college can help drive student success
Higher education is at a precipice. The last several years have been marked by enrollment declines, the result of a demographic shift. The arrival of the pandemic last year, however, has brought with it a…
Looking back, looking ahead
Community college faculty have always been more than classroom teachers, but during the pandemic their roles as counselors, navigators and sources of needed referrals perhaps have never been more paramount — or appreciated. Beyond the…
Reporter’s notebook
ED shields defaulted student loans during pandemicNew Mexico colleges partner to increase efficienciesQCC helps students in closure of four-year collegeDual enrollment on the rise in IllinoisAspen Prize winner to be announced in May ED shields…
Launching into different nursing career options
Ian Miller looked inside the “emergency room and intensive care unit, with blades” – that’s how veteran flight nurse Ciara Rupp described the Airbus EC-135 STAT MedEvac helicopter to 42 Butler County Community College (BC3)…
Changing climate of energy education
Climate-related disasters like hurricanes, wildfires or the extreme cold that took down most of Texas’ electrical grid last month present challenges for energy-related companies and, relatedly, the community colleges who train their future workforce. The…
Ready for Wrigley
John Benedeck knows what it means to make it to the big leagues — quite literally. In 2020, Benedeck was hired to take up the time-honored tradition of playing the organ for the Chicago Cubs…
Improving science education
What are the most pressing policy issues facing science education? A panel of higher education leaders answered that question – and offered some policy recommendations – during a webinar earlier this week. The panelists addressed…
New college students struggled last fall
A new report by the Center for Community College Student Engagement sheds more details about the impact of the pandemic on first-time students at community colleges, which have seen staggering drops in enrollments across the…