CBE takes hold in Texas
Several community colleges in Texas are adopting competency-based education (CBE) as part of the Texas Affordable Baccalaureate (TAB) program. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts – Website
Several community colleges in Texas are adopting competency-based education (CBE) as part of the Texas Affordable Baccalaureate (TAB) program. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts – Website
Fashion education programs at community colleges are evolving along with the industry by focusing more on technology, entrepreneurship, social media and sustainability. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts – Website
A new report on recent four-year college graduates in Michigan shows that a significant number of them attended a community college on their way toward a baccalaureate. And though a substantial number of them started…
Research and publishing are no longer the exclusive domain of faculty and students at four-year universities. Just look at the College of Davidson and Davie Counties (DCCC) in North Carolina, which over the past academic…
As a 14-year-old in the mid-1950s, I crafted a duck boat to paddle on the pond and glide on shallow water in the swamp near my home in rural Massachusetts, attuning myself to the subtle…
Editor’s note: Submitted photos from AACC-member colleges. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community College Daily and serves as associate vice president of communications for the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts
I first became familiar with the idea of something being “transactional” in an economics class. Lynn Tincher-LadnerDr. Lynn Tincher-Ladner is president and CEO of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, the international honor society of…
“Jazz and the Music of the African Diaspora” is a popular class at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) this summer. Same with “The Politics of Food.” Barbara ShellyBarbara Shelly is a higher education…
For students who started college in fall 2017 at two-year public institutions, the persistence rate was 62.3 percent, up 0.1 percentage point from the prior cohort year, and up 1.3 percentage points in comparison to…
The regenerative leadership development aspect of the Mentor-Connect program began a new phase in 2019 with Ken Mays’ addition to the corps of Mentor Fellows. Mays is the first Mentor-Connect mentee to participate in the…