Community College Faculty Development Schooling 
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 19, 2025
As community colleges across the United States struggle with declining retention rates, it has become increasingly clear that institutional focus should not be limited to numbers alone. Faculty and staff should be encouraged to engage with students in meaningful ways that extend past classroom interactions.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
For many community college students, gateway math courses—required for entry into many programs of study—have functioned more like gatekeeper math courses. Research on gateway math as a barrier has mostly focused on students—their demographic backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, and high school grades.
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Faculty Focus
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
For example, the main characters may be a working parent trying to home-school his children, a migrant worker trying to access state medical services, or a first-generation college student trying to navigate the unspoken rules of the institution.
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 19, 2025
As community colleges across the United States struggle with declining retention rates, it has become increasingly clear that institutional focus should not be limited to numbers alone. Faculty and staff should be encouraged to engage with students in meaningful ways that extend past classroom interactions.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Associate Level English for Academic Purposes Reading Area Community College (Reading, PA) The English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at Reading Area Community College (RACC) began in 2012 to strategically reduce credit requirements and accelerate student progression with the goal of boosting enrollment and success rates.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 24, 2024
Baston, president of Cuyahoga Community College pointed to the “opportunity deserts” that exist within higher education that stretch beyond race and ethnicity. In the opening keynote to the conference, Dr. Michael A. Dr. Michael A. In her powerful closing keynote, Dr. Toby S. So speak.”
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. We offer faculty workshops on culturally sensitive teaching.” It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. Hawkins Jr.
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