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Leadership is not easy. It requires you to balance today’s needs while striving to reach tomorrow’s goals. You must respect the culture while implementing needed change. It is arduous and wonderful when those goals are…
Leadership is not easy. It requires you to balance today’s needs while striving to reach tomorrow’s goals. You must respect the culture while implementing needed change. It is arduous and wonderful when those goals are…
Energy and environmental injustice have been persistent issues in the U.S., disproportionately affecting minority populations. To combat these issues, community colleges can play a crucial role in training minority students to become advocates for renewable…
Higher education seemed to embrace the concept of AI for administrative systems and student relations support. There was a lot invested in technologies that could “personalize” systems and connect students with departments, divisions and support…
Results from a survey by Anthology emphasize that tuition and cost, followed by location, are still the most important factors in selecting a college — and they are especially important for current and prospective community…
With enrollment down, competition increasing from company training and university associate degree programs, and people’s perceptions of community colleges still lagging behind the robust reality of what they have to offer, how can those in…
The 2024-2025 Fulbright U.S. Scholar competition opened recently. It closes September 15. It was 20 years ago in fall 2003 that I was honored to participate in this program as a community college professor. The experience has greatly…
Mental health is the next frontier for some community colleges, with Covid bringing into clearer focus the need to improve mental health services to help fulfill their mission of educating students. The Alamo Colleges District…
As the fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations process gets underway in Congress, community colleges have the opportunity to request federal dollars for specific projects. Many senate offices have begun accepting “congressionally directed spending (CDS)” requests…
As we all know, prior to the Covid pandemic, the growth of online enrollments at colleges and universities had been phenomenal. As late as 2019, online enrollments were on average 25% of overall community college…
Workforce programs at community colleges must be tied to local employment needs. That means forging partnerships in the community with employers and workforce development board. Melanie Anderson, executive vice president of the National Association of…