Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

As chief executive officers in the California community college system, we embarked upon the topic of STEM out of an acute awareness of the lack of Dr. Lennor Johnson opportunities available to disproportionately impacted communities, and a shared commitment to forging increased pathways for those with the least access.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

Pima Community College has received nearly $1.5 Department of Education (ED), which it will use to serve low-income and first-generation students interested in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) degrees from select high schools. million from the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Day three of the 2023 Dream Conference in Chicago kicked off with a heightened focus on building partnerships that strengthen students and fortify the community workforce. The Dream conference is hosted annually by Achieving the Dream (ATD), a reform network of over 300 community colleges working to equitize higher education.

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AACC

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Season 7, Episode 2 The AACC Innovation Challenege (CCIC) is led by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) in partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

New America has launched the Accelerator for Community Colleges in the Innovation Economy (Accelerator) using a $3 million grant from Ascendium Education Group. I am thrilled to see our NSF Regional Innovation Engines program continuing to unlock investment and resources to expand pathways to opportunity all across America,” he said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. Cerritos College A public, two-year community college, Cerritos College is located in Norwalk, California (Southeastern Los Angeles).

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Bridging the gap between community colleges and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) professions, Stanford University’s student-run Community College Outreach Program (CCOP) is launching research internships and summer boot camps for aspiring students. Learn more at ccop.stanford.edu.

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WCET Frontiers

APRIL 24, 2025

These themes show that, while the specific challenges and technologies may evolve, the core focus of WOW Award-winning projects remains on driving innovation, fostering collaboration, and ensuring equity in digital learning. She also mentioned that WCET members are consistently on the cutting edge in using educational technologies.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Emerging technologies, like AI and other software, are significantly changing the competencies needed in today’s workforce, which in turn affect the role higher education must now play in society. “There’s a lot to learn from community colleges at this point. ” What needs an overhaul in academic programs?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The Minority Male Initiative, an annual conference aimed at helping shape the futures of high school juniors, seniors, and current Brookdale Community College students will take place next week at the New Jersey institution. science, technology, engineering, and math, or STEM; 2.) health science; 4.)

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Helix Education

MARCH 19, 2025

The human touch remains supreme In an era dominated by digital technology, the enduring power of human connection stands out prominently in the data. Re-targeted ads have proven particularly effective in the top three strategies for private institutions and community colleges.

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University Business

MARCH 27, 2025

While Yale and other research universities are offering technical support, they will also gain insight from the consortium’s community colleges that are tapped into the state’s workforce needs, says Ron Harichandran, CAIA co-founder and dean of New Haven’s engineering department.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. Read about them here. MS in Business Analytics – STEM-designated Adelphi University Robert B.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

These colleges and their certification advocates argue that certification not only readily equips students with the real-world skills to transition successfully to their first job post but also addresses many of the equity concerns colleges face by validating the idea that all forms of learning are valued, including forms of skilled labor.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The four entities recognized this year span a diverse geographic area, but they share the mission of uplifting their communities while also creating a broader impact in terms of education and the workforce. We’re changing the landscape of how community colleges serve underserved students,” says Espiritu. “We

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University Business

AUGUST 21, 2023

Colorado students hoping to earn bachelor’s degrees in civil or mechanical engineering, fermentation science and technology or hospitality and event management from Colorado State University will spend more than $56,000 apiece in tuition and fees to complete the four-year programs. Read more from the Coloradoan.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 30, 2024

Muench called for a greater investment in community colleges, which are often more easily able to pivot and meet local employer needs, as well as investing in workforce development programs, unions, and “other stakeholders to design high quality training for in-demand jobs.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The legislators said that the legislation would combat the basic needs crisis by allocating funding to help students access nutritious food, safe and secure housing, mental and physical health care, high-quality and affordable childcare, technology, transportation, personal hygiene, and other necessities. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Edward J.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 18, 2022

Which is why I was bowled over when I learned what a neighboring institution, Austin Community College, was up to. John’s College, decided to wage war against a cookie-cutter education. Because it’s in the interest of faculty who are trained in specific disciplines. Ted Hadzi-Antich Jr., Excuse making helps no one.

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Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

For 60 years, Lorain County Community College has been the trusted place our community members and employers turn to as they prepare for the jobs of the future. When LCCC was founded in 1963 as Ohio’s first community college with a permanent campus, manufacturing education and training was one of the first focus areas.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

Cybersecurity, like many STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields, has been historically male-dominated and lacks diversity. FAMU will create a Cyber Policy Institute to integrate science-based and market-oriented domains of knowledge to help students develop expertise.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

Researchers also found that of the students who transferred to a four-year school from a community college, liberal arts majors were significantly more likely than non-liberal arts majors to change their major (82.0% in Fall 2022), a trend mostly unaffected by the effects of the pandemic.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Michael Ritterbrown Michael Ritterbrown, EdD, vice president of instructional services at Glendale Community College, contends that the classic model of lecture and discussion is often an ineffective teaching practice. Photo courtesy of Glendale Community College) Improving the student experience also benefits teachers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Jessica Perez, director of the Center for Career & Professional Development at LaGuardia Community College in New York City, found the report’s projections informative. It is predicted that Washington, D.C., Dallas and Boston will experience the greatest shortages relative to projected labor market demand.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 20, 2023

While working at AT&T as an engineer, she joined the company’s group for Hispanic employees and was asked to go speak to a class of middle school students in Newark, New Jersey. For example, at a pharmaceutical company, they’ll learn about chemistry, and at a telecommunications company, they’ll hear about technology.

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Today's Learner

MARCH 17, 2025

” – Kim Zoldak Janalyn Kehm Janalyn Kehm is the Department Chair in the School of Business & Computer Engineering Technology at Spartanburg Community College. As an educator, Jinhwa recognizes that her role is part of a much bigger picture. …every student can excel with the right support.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Image: More than one million secondary and postsecondary credentials are offered across the country, according to a new report released today by Credential Engine, a nonprofit dedicated to charting the credentialing landscape. Yet there remains a dearth of centralized data on these education and workforce training options.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

He will assume the role in summer 2026 once Boston College’s current president, William Leahy, steps down. The former lawmaker has ties to Florida Atlantic, serving on the deans advisory board for its business school and helping secure $43 million in funding for the engineering college’s building.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2023

In a perfect world, technology would streamline the communication process. On Open Badges alone—a leading format for verifiable, portable digital badges—learners can choose from more than 500,000 verifiable, sharable digital credentials, according to a 1EdTech and Credential Engine report.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 20, 2022

“It didn’t matter if you sat in IT or our academic technology group or in one of the schools or foreign facilities office where you rarely interacted with the academics—the shared goal was so clear to everybody,” said Matthew Rascoff, Stanford’s vice provost for digital education.

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University Business

AUGUST 28, 2024

Here are some other examples: Kansas State University A Kansas State task force secured a grant in 2021 to purchase a digital credentialing system capable of aligning with existing university technologies. It took 10 months for the university to implement the system.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

With new federal grant funding, the Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities (NCED) at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) has implemented several programs that bolster support for students with disabilities who pursue degrees and careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields.

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eLiterate

OCTOBER 2, 2023

And, as with all technologies, there will be haves and have-nots. Let’s be clear about what this means: The AI prompt engineering workshops you’re conducting may actually be causing your people to perform worse rather than better. We don’t know what this thing is good for yet, either as producers or as consumers.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean A couple of years ago, when we started seriously planning to hand The Wife’s car down to The Boy, I started researching cars to figure out what to get her as a replacement. A single dealership could deal with internal combustion engines, plug-in hybrids and EVs on the same day.

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University Business

MARCH 10, 2023

With every technological innovation comes the need to educate the next generation of students to ensure they can apply those skills to their future careers. Now, what we thought was the technology of the future is right at our fingertips, and it’s being used in America’s classrooms. Then came Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 27, 2025

Then, when you kick in the cost of higher education and increased student debt, AI and technology reshaping how we teach and learn, and increased competition among colleges and universities, you have put is nearly the perfect storm.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 31, 2022

Blog: Beyond Transfer Millions of community college students are pursuing their higher education journeys right now. Many aspire to transfer to a four-year college or university. Now that we can look at data from the fall 2017 cohort, we see just three percent of community college transfer students enrolled at selective schools.

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