community colleges Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/community-colleges/ A Blog by ACE Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:01:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.higheredtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/apple-touch-icon-150x150.png community colleges Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/community-colleges/ 32 32 Prioritizing Mental Health Support in Community Colleges: Key Data from 2023 https://www.higheredtoday.org/2024/11/18/mental-health-support-comm-colleges/ Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:01:52 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=28922 Title: Supporting Minds, Supporting Learners: Addressing Student Mental Health to Advance Academic Success Source: Center for Community College Student Engagement The 2023 Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) and Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE) gathered essential data to guide community colleges in supporting student mental health and well-being. The surveys collected responses from 61,085 students at 149 community colleges ...

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]]> Advancing Civic Learning and Community Engagement at Community Colleges https://www.higheredtoday.org/2024/07/29/advancing-civic-learning-and-community-engagement-at-community-colleges/ Mon, 29 Jul 2024 14:10:19 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=28783 Title: 2024 Community College and Civics Report Source: The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania (APPC) and the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) A recent survey conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) and the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) examines the critical role community colleges play in fostering civic knowledge and community ...

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]]> Mind the Gap: How Middle-Skills Providers Can Meet Local Labor Market Needs https://www.higheredtoday.org/2024/07/11/how-middle-skills-providers-can-meet-local-labor-market-needs/ Fri, 12 Jul 2024 01:13:14 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=28762 Title: The Great Misalignment: Addressing the Mismatch between the Supply of Certificates and Associate’s Degrees and the Future Demand for Workers in 565 US Labor Markets Source: Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce Authors: Jeff Strohl, Zachary Mabel, and Kathryn Peltier Campbell The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce has analyzed how well middle-skills providers match their ...

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]]> Mental Health Supports Are Key in in Community College Student Success https://www.higheredtoday.org/2024/05/13/mental-health-community-college-success/ Mon, 13 May 2024 18:56:19 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=28668 Title: Challenges and Opportunity: An Examination of Barriers to Postsecondary Academic Success Authors: Sade Bonilla and Veronica Minaya Source: Annenberg Institute at Brown University Community colleges are a critical component of the U.S. higher education system, providing access to students from traditionally underserved communities. While they are a vital entry point to postsecondary education, community colleges face lower levels of completion ...

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]]> Addressing Funding Disparities to Advance Equity in Community Colleges https://www.higheredtoday.org/2024/01/08/addressing-funding-disparities-to-advance-equity-in-community-colleges/ Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:52:34 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=18052 Title: Variation in Community College Funding Levels: A Focus on Equity Authors: Sandy Baum and Jason Cohn Source: The Urban Institute Community colleges play a critical role in expanding access to higher education, enrolling 44 percent of all U.S. public undergraduate students. But concerns about uneven and inadequate funding for these institutions relative to public four-year colleges are widespread. A new ...

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]]> Improving Transfer Outcomes: New Insights to Guide Institutional Partnerships and State Policy https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/11/27/improving-transfer-outcomes-new-insights-to-guide-institutional-partnerships-and-state-policy-2/ Mon, 27 Nov 2023 17:33:28 +0000 https://www.higheredtoday.org/?p=18045 Title: New Measures of Postsecondary Education Transfer Performance: Transfer-Out Rates for Community Colleges, Transfer Student Graduation Rates at Four-Year Colleges, and the Institutional Dyads Contributing to Transfer Student Success Authors: Nathan Sotherland, Kevin Stange, and Jordan Matsudaira Source: U.S. Department of Education New analysis of federal data by the U.S. Department of Education highlights the critical role that community colleges play ...

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]]> Empowering Immigrant Talent Through Community Colleges https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/10/02/empowering-immigrant-talent-through-community-colleges/ Mon, 02 Oct 2023 14:49:11 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=18007 Title: Unlocking Potential: Enhancing Community College Services for Immigrant and Refugee Students Source: Upwardly Global Upwardly Global, in collaboration with Lumina Foundation and the National Council for Workforce Education, conducted research focused on the intersection of immigrant inclusion and workforce development. The report highlights the challenges and opportunities in supporting immigrant, refugee, and asylee professionals in the United States in rebuilding ...

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]]> New Report Outlines How Community Colleges Can Help Reduce Students’ Food and Housing Insecurity https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/10/28/new-report-details-how-community-colleges-can-help-reduce-students-food-and-housing-insecurity/ Fri, 28 Oct 2022 20:04:10 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17859 Title: Mission Critical: The Role of Community Colleges in Meeting Students’ Basic Needs Source: Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) Community colleges serve as an important access point to higher education; however, according to a new report, community colleges must also recognize and address students’ holistic needs to make education truly attainable. In CCCSE’s fall 2021 survey of 82,424 community ...

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]]> Designing Equity-Minded Work-Based Learning Opportunities for Community College Students https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/10/03/designing-equity-minded-work-based-learning-opportunities-for-community-college-students/ Mon, 03 Oct 2022 16:16:35 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17851 Title: What Everyone Should Know about Designing Equity-Minded Paid Work-Based Learning Opportunities for College Students Author: Mauriell H. Amechi Source: New America Community college students often find themselves excluded from participating in work-based learning (WBL) opportunities, which can be crucial for future employability. In a new report, New America showcases how five community colleges center equity in redesigning WBL to be ...

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]]> Insights From Community College Leaders on Recruiting, Enrolling, and Supporting Students During COVID-19 and Beyond https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/04/04/insights-from-community-college-leaders-on-recruiting-enrolling-and-supporting-students-during-covid-19-and-beyond/ Mon, 04 Apr 2022 14:38:04 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17777 Title: Community College Leadership Report: Maintaining a Focus on Reaching, Enrolling, Supporting, and Retaining Students Source: Salesforce.org and The Chronicle of Higher Education A new report offers insights about community and technical colleges’ priorities and opportunities during and after the continued COVID-19 pandemic, focusing particularly on the recruitment, enrollment, and completion of students at these institutions. Data was collected for the ...

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]]> Helping Students Explore Transfer: How Phi Theta Kappa’s Transfer Honor Roll Can Help https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/03/18/helping-students-explore-transfer-how-phi-theta-kappas-transfer-honor-roll-can-help/ Fri, 18 Mar 2022 18:52:32 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17769 By Lynn Tincher-Ladner and Dan Phelan  Recently, the Joint Statement on Transfer and Award of Credit was updated for the first time since 2017, part of the work of the ACE National Task Force on the Transfer and Award of Credit. The statement, revised by ACE, the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, and the Council for Higher Education ...

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]]> Empowering and Supporting Single Mothers in Higher Education https://www.higheredtoday.org/2021/12/13/empowering-and-supporting-single-mothers-in-higher-education/ Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:18:50 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17719 Title: Single Moms Success Design Challenge: Supporting single mothers’ success in college in preparation for family-sustaining careers  Author: Education Design Lab Source: Design Insights — an Education Design Lab publication series A recently published report offers insights about single mother learners at community colleges. Over the past two years, the Education Design Lab, in partnership with the ECMC Foundation, piloted the ...

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