Online education has had a phenomenal impact on higher education by increasing access for students. This format for learning also has fostered greater flexibility, convenience and completion for traditional and nontraditional students alike. The “physicality”…
It started after leaders at Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) heard from an applicant who received a letter from the Michigan college. “Have I been accepted?” she asked. “I can’t tell.” That prompted the GRCC…
Community colleges have long been the means to better oneself through higher education. Indeed, we have a storied history of being a clear conduit to the American Dream. Recently, our community colleges have stood at…
Near the end of the last millennium, 1996 to 1998 to be exact, I was the administrator primarily responsible for developing the infrastructure necessary for videoconferencing (also known as interactive television or iTV) between classrooms…
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…
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…
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…
U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-North Carolina) on Tuesday voiced blistering criticism of President Joe Biden’s loan cancellation policies and outlined her own vision for higher education policy, as reflected in part in the REAL Reform…
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) on Monday filed comments in the U.S. Education Department’s (ED) Title IX rulemaking proceeding, and it joined in broader higher education community comments spearheaded by the American Council…
As the workforce rapidly evolves, it’s paramount for colleges and universities to create market-aligned curriculum and accessible pathways that can keep up and lead to future jobs for students of all backgrounds and walks of…