AACC news & notes
Upcoming events Don’t miss out on AACC AnnualAACC Annual starts April 30. There’s still time to register! Don’t miss out on great sessions and speakers, and an opportunity to network – in person – with…
Campus Issues
Growing our own STEM faculty
When many people in the greater United States think of California, they frequently focus on a long scenic coastline with San Francisco at the top and Los Angeles at the bottom. While this image isn’t…
Taking OER beyond just cost savings
The use of open education resources (OER) — freely available course materials that educators can use, adapt and redistribute online at little or no cost to students — can reduce the expenses of books and…
Headlines
Millennial Money: Skipped college in 2021? Enroll this fallNerdWallet/Associated PressCommunity colleges have made many changes to meet the needs of their students, which can make it easier for students to return to college, says Martha…
Newsmakers
New CEO Irvin T. Clark is now president of Southern Crescent Technical College in Georgia. He previously was vice president for economic development at Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC), a position he held since 2017….
Headlines
Massachusetts community colleges get state aid to boost enrollment, expand STEM programsState House News ServiceFour Massachusetts public colleges and universities will share $120 million in state funding to boost student capacity and expand instruction in…
Meeting students’ mental health needs
On the first day of spring classes, Joan Barrett was walking around the Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) campus as usual, greeting students and making sure they knew where to go. It’s what Barrett, vice…
Funding roundup
Augusta Technical College’s (ATC) new automotive technology facility is closer to becoming a reality thanks to a $1 million gift from the Jim Hudson Automotive Group. “Cars have always been in my blood and this…
Headlines
The upward mobility problemHarvard MagazineMost Americans earn less than their parents did. Can community colleges bridge the gap? ‘We’re teachers too’: Community college faculty feel shortchanged by legislative raisesThe DispatchMississippi’s 15 community colleges have long…
Four leadership strategies
When I began my career in 1978 as an adjunct faculty member and counselor at Cedar Valley College in southern Dallas County, Texas, higher education was profoundly different than it is today, but it was…