Community college leaders are addressing equity issues on their campuses — from disaggregating data to get a better picture of who their students are, to eliminating certain programs that don’t lead to local jobs with family-sustaining…
More students are skipping high school, going straight to college PostBulletin.com This fall, a record 700 students are expected to pour through Rochester Community and Technical College’s doors — or take online courses — to take advantage…
Challenges in STEM: Between the 2008-09 and 2016-17 academic years, Hispanic students’ share of attaining sub-baccalaureate STEM credentials rose from 13 percent to 17 percent, while the share for black/African-American students decreased from 14 percent…
Last year, Dr. Sue Stock joined the staff at the College of Lake County (CLC) in Grayslake, Illinois, to help revitalize the school’s mental health services. The college was in the process of shifting its…
Congratulations, You’re in college! Now what? NPR (with audio) “College is not meant to be done on your own,” says Odette De Leon, an adviser at Valencia College, a community college in Orlando, Florida. “We’re…
Interim CEO Rolando Montoya, a retired provost at Miami Dade College (MDC) and a former trustee at the college, is now interim president of the college. Prior to his retirement in 2016, Montoya over his…
U.S. Census data can be extremely and uniquely informative in performing research on community colleges and their populations to answer questions like how family income impacts student outcomes, or what’s the typical return-on-investment of a…
The U.S. Census determines both political representation in Congress and state houses, as well as disbursement of $675 billion in federal monies to state and local governments. The stakes are high for community colleges, their…
Predictive analytics in pursuit of student success EduCause (video) David Kowalski, executive director of institutional research at Montgomery County Community College in Pennsylvania, joins a discussion about using predictive analytics in helping students succeed. Maryland’s…
Since the recession, states have bolstered funding for community colleges at higher levels than for other public postsecondary institutions, but they still receive less in total per-student revenue than those other colleges and universities, according…