As community colleges look into a historic level of turnover in their presidencies, the challenges are frightening. Yet, within those challenges opportunities abound to ensure long-term sustainability of these veritable American institutions of learning and…
Commentary: Building civic power for community college, MSI And HBCU studentsForbesCommunity college students are all too often underrepresented populations and voices, especially when it comes to voter registration and civic participation. Scholarships available for inmates…
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For the children and teens in Twin Falls, Idaho, taking part in youth summer camps at the College of Southern Idaho (CSI) can be a life-changing experience — literally. As part of its community education…
Community colleges must look beyond the near term to address the converging challenges of declining enrollments and great economic uncertainty. Another pressing challenge is successfully integrating the hybrid on-campus/offline learning model that’s bloomed in the…
DACC Notes: Normalize talking about mental healthCommercial-NewsJonathon Wade, associate professor of behavioral sciences at Danville Area Community College in Illinois, says we have to start making connections and normalizing mental health discussions. One solution he…
From free and low-cost dental clinics provided by dental hygienist students, to home building by students in construction programs, to more individualized service-learning across a wide array of courses, two-year schools are putting the “community”…
The National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program awards grants to support a wide variety of efforts to improve technician education at public two-year colleges in fields ranging from advanced manufacturing and engineering, to…
U.S. education secretary promotes access to higher ed during visit to RACCReading EagleMiguel Cardona leaned forward in his chair, listening intently to Mayra Del Toro. She was telling the U.S. education secretary about the path…
Institutions are dealing with a variety of staffing challenges on both the administrative support and classroom sides. Many instructors are exhausted from the paradigm shift on their approach to teaching, regardless of modality — some…