Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2025

This reliance on numbers has driven many colleges to focus heavily on metrics in an effort to improve outcomes, streamline operations, and secure funding. To truly support student success, we must move beyond the metrics and prioritize the human connections that make higher education meaningful.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 24, 2024

As her days as president of Mott Community College (MCC) in Flint, Michigan, wind down, Dr. Beverly Walker-Griffea is pleased with the impact she and the college have made on the community. After building her reputation in student services, Walker-Griffea found a perfect fit in community colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Western Iowa Tech Community College has agreed to settle two years-long federal lawsuits alleging the school conspired with others to engage in human trafficking. million as accepted by its board.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 4, 2023

Image: Community colleges across the country are struggling to recruit and hire new people after losing faculty and staff members in droves during the pandemic. College leaders report staffing losses at all levels, including IT workers, student success professionals, dining hall workers and executive leaders, she said.

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Inside Higher Ed

JUNE 27, 2024

Hudson Valley Community College has fired President Roger Ramsammy “with cause” following a human resources complaint that was filed against him in May, the Board of Trustees announced.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 27, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean I lost track of the number of times on Friday I heard someone use the word “refreshing.” ” The context was the “Bringing Community Back to Community Colleges” conference held at Bergen Community College last week.

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 29, 2024

Western Iowa Tech Community College is settling a second federal lawsuit filed by international students alleging the institution participated in human trafficking, The Iowa Capitol Dispatch reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2023

Mendocino College has achieved the highest percentage of Native American students among all California Community Colleges, The Ukiah Daily Journal reported.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a speculative concept to a transformative tool in higher education, particularly within community colleges. Drawing on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), it argues that AI can enhance accessibility and efficiency while preserving the human essence of education.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

It's time to support the humanities there. Sam Kalda for The Chronicle It's time to support the humanities there. By Ted Hadzi-Antich Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2024

Danielle Lopez has been appointed the inaugural director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) for Accessibility Services at Hudson County Community College (HCCC). Danielle Lopez Lopez will serve as the college’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)/Section 504 coordinator, according to HCCC President Dr. Christopher Reber.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This fall semester, Massasoit Community College achieved a new first. Massasoit Community College is officially offering a Black Studies curriculum. Ten years in the making The story of Black Studies at the Massachusetts public community college goes back a decade.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Frederick Shegog, former Delaware County Community College student, now motivational speaker. At the closing plenary of the 2023 Dream Conference in Chicago, Achieving the Dream (ATD), a reform network of over 300 community colleges, handed the microphone to students who either currently attend or graduated from a community college.

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 28, 2024

As beacons of potential for individual growth and social mobility, community colleges often serve as a catalyst for underserved students to pursue a path in higher education. Partnerships between prisons and community colleges can lead to significant benefits for all involved.—

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

MAY 2, 2023

EDTECH: How did you become interested in humanizing online classrooms?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2023

Gonzales’ passion for education has culminated in a swift rise to being named chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) last September. The district comprises 10 independently accredited colleges in Arizona serving over 94,000 students. He became president of GateWay Community College in MCCCD in 2013.

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Liaison International

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Key Takeaways: AI empowers community colleges to personalize student engagement by tailoring resources and communication to diverse student preferences. Combining AI-driven insights with human empathy ensures ethical, accurate, and meaningful interactions that foster trust and improve the community college student experience.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As the holidays approach, today’s colleges and universities are increasingly marked by overflowing donation bins containing canned goods collected by every student organization and faculty department to stock the campus food pantry. It’s why Compton College’s campus boasts a beautiful market featuring healthy prepared meals.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

North Star Promise provides free college tuition to help make education after high school possible for more Minnesota students and families,” is written on the Minnesota Office of Higher Education website. Communication is key on how the funding works to benefit students.” Of them, 2,718 were first-generation college students.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 11, 2023

California governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday vetoed a bill that would have allowed community college students to retake credit courses they already passed up to two times in certain fields of study, including humanities and English as a second language, “for enrichment or skill-building purposes.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Chanelle Whittaker has been appointed vice president for equity, culture, and talent at Prince George’s Community College (PGCC) located in Maryland. Chanelle Whittaker “I am extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to be a part of the Prince George's Community College family,” Whittaker said. “My

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) has received a three-year, $1.56 ACCT and partners will use the money to make efforts towards expanding the community colleges that serve as SNAP E&T third-party providers, focusing on state systems and rural communities and dissemination of lessons learned.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

A few months ago, a social media platform announced the 18-year anniversary of my community college employment. I began teaching English composition part-time at Montgomery College. Years later, I am amazed by the community college and department I serve. Social media is not always truthful, but this time it was.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 23, 2023

Recently, I was a finalist for a job opportunity and was asked “how do you plan on [re]engaging the college community”? They plan out programs and activities to build community and extended family for students. Human resources is responsible for engaging with employees to establish community and employee satisfaction.

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Helix Education

MARCH 19, 2025

As higher education faces what experts call an “ enrollment cliff ,” with projections showing a potential 15% decline in traditional college-aged students, institutions are radically re-imagining their recruitment strategies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

Smith, who earned tenure in 2022, is an associate professor of higher education and program coordinator of educational leadership in the College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services, and Information Technology at the University of Cincinnati. They should benefit from continued investment from policy and political leaders.”

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A California community college faculty member and current or former coach faces nine charges, including pimping and human trafficking, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s office says.

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EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2022

5 Tips to Recruit and Enroll Latine/x Students in Your Community College. Prospective Latine/x college students in the U.S. are the most likely to choose community college as their first step when pursuing a higher education. Spotlight: Holyoke Community College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2025

In 2008, the Lumina Foundation, a national private foundation focused on higher education and workforce development, set a national attainment goal that by 2025 60% of working-age adults would earn college degrees, certificates or industry-recognized certifications. We had to rethink how education creates opportunities. Currently, 44.1%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

After years of studying higher education and teaching thousands of students, I’m now the parent of a high school senior who’s running the so-called college admissions gauntlet. I adore this human, who started life at barely 4 lbs and has emerged into a thoughtful, sensitive man with a love for soccer and his long-term girlfriend.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Instead, in this era, institutions of higher education will be questioned on their relevance, consolidations, closures, and mergers are sure to occur, and colleges will be required to reimagine their missions and operations to ensure sustainability in evolving and disruptive markets. At the top of 2025, the U.S.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

Having taught students in brick-and-mortar classrooms for most of my 23-year tenure in education, I had grown accustomed to witnessing the positive impact human connection can have on the life trajectory of my community college students. Therefore, we must take intentional steps to humanize our asynchronous online classrooms.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In most humanities courses that involve reflective writing, e-portfolios can be seamlessly integrated into the coursework. In STEM courses, e-portfolios can also be aligned with the college learning outcomes (CLO’s) and assigned as a project. They can transform the learning process, making it more student-centric and authentic.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

Having taught students in brick-and-mortar classrooms for most of my 23-year tenure in education, I had grown accustomed to witnessing the positive impact human connection can have on the life trajectory of my community college students. Therefore, we must take intentional steps to humanize our asynchronous online classrooms.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

As AI (artificial intelligence) continues to reshape industries, Complete College America (CCA) launched its Council on Equitable AI in 2024, a significant move that addresses systemic inequities in higher education. This initiative highlights AI’s growing role in educational settings and its potential to advance student success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2025

million students enrolled in colleges and universities. Collectively, as researchers, we have about 50 or more years of experience conducting empirical studies on Black men attending diverse institutional types, ranging from predominantly White institutions, community colleges, and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 17, 2025

March 17, 2025, by Dean Hoke : This profile of Whitman College is the sixth in a series presenting small colleges throughout the United States. Background Founded in 1859, Whitman College is a private liberal arts institution located in Walla Walla, Washington.

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