Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has ushered in a new era for community college education, presenting both exciting possibilities and complex challenges. While AI-powered tools offer potential to enhance teaching and learning, concerns about AI replacing human instructors have sparked a complex debate.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. Cerritos College A public, two-year community college, Cerritos College is located in Norwalk, California (Southeastern Los Angeles).

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2025

April 22, 2025 · Episode 256 Capital Funding Strategies in Higher Education: How Universities Are Solving Infrastructure and Student Housing Challenges 33 Min · By The Change Leader, Inc. How higher ed leaders are using capital funding strategieslike P3s, bonds, and donor partnershipsto fix infrastructure and housing gaps.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2023

The success of higher education institutions rests on their ability to increase student enrollment and retain learners. Therefore, learners need flexible and supportive programs and care from all higher education personnel. Returning to education after years away can be a daunting experience for many students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Like mosquitoes, community colleges have the power to create a ripple of meaningful change. Community colleges, often under-appreciated yet mighty in their mission, are essential agents of transformationparticularly for students from historically marginalized communities. The numbers tell a powerful story.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 27, 2024

California Community Colleges (CCC) will soon offer six new bachelor’s degree programs, an initiative aimed at expanding the accessibility and affordability of four-year degrees. The system, which consists of 116 colleges with a variety of additional campus centers and classrooms scattered across the state, announced the news Tuesday.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2023

The success of higher education institutions rests on their ability to increase student enrollment and retain learners. Therefore, learners need flexible and supportive programs and care from all higher education personnel. Returning to education after years away can be a daunting experience for many students.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 27, 2025

The Greatest Challenges Facing Higher Education: A Comprehensive Analysis for 2025 with Exemplars in Navigating Solutions Higher education is no longer coastingcolleges and universities now face a defining moment. And that is where higher ed is right now. million undergraduates. million in 2022.

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WCET Frontiers

APRIL 24, 2025

A Brief History of the WOW Awards In 2004, our then-Executive Director, Sally Johnstone, introduced the first annual WOW Awards: We started this new award to recognize outstanding efforts in implementing technology in higher education. Others can learn valuable lessons from these projects. Nominate for a WOW Award now.

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WCET Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Each year, the WCET Awards Program highlights innovative practices in higher education digital learning, honoring individuals and teams that have dedicated their time and effort to advancing our field. The innovation happening in higher education is truly inspiring.

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University Business

JANUARY 12, 2024

Improving the nation’s overall AI literacy starts with developing interdisciplinary programs with nontraditional learners in mind and developing hands-on lab opportunities to facilitate a new wave of digital education. Grants created by the proposal would go toward community colleges and four-year institutions.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Chatbots are increasingly common in customer service, healthcare, and education; however, in education, chatbots have been used to generate false or misleading information called “hallucinations” and create fake students. This may sound far-fetched but it is a reality that colleges and universities are facing today.

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University Business

MAY 22, 2024

In a first for higher ed, Colorado lawmakers are taking a stab at cleaning up credit transfer loss in a new law signed by the governor this past weekend. The Institution of Higher Education Transparency Requirements , signed this weekend by Gov. ” Students are afforded the right to appeal such a decision.

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University Business

MARCH 10, 2023

Less than a year later, education technology has come much further than we anticipated. The recent surge in AI technology—most notably, the use of ChatGPT—has caused leaders in higher education to shift their focus to how such tools can be used in the classroom.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Nicholas Cochrane, associate professor of business and economics at Mount Wachusett Community College. “To Now, Cochrane is an associate professor of business and economics at Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) in rural Gardner, Mass., To say I didn’t fit in was an understatement,” said Cochrane. “I

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2025

Data has become the cornerstone of decision-making and institutional strategy in today’s higher education landscape. This reliance on numbers has driven many colleges to focus heavily on metrics in an effort to improve outcomes, streamline operations, and secure funding.

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University Business

MAY 23, 2024

Higher education has been grappling with this challenge for some time, even before the COVID-19 pandemic brought increased attention. Higher education’s nearly overnight shift to online learning during the pandemic scattered learners across the country, sending them into relative isolation for months.

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Continuous Learning Institute

MAY 8, 2023

Solano ) My three kids were educated at community colleges. My last child will be completing her community college journey this June. I emailed the colleges with my perspective as a parent. Also, universities are highly inconsistent about which AP scores they accept for college credit.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Chatbots are increasingly common in customer service, healthcare, and education; however, in education, chatbots have been used to generate false or misleading information called “hallucinations” and create fake students. This may sound far-fetched but it is a reality that colleges and universities are facing today.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

Enhancing student experience and learning outcomes At UF CJC Online, implementing a course template has been transformative as it significantly enhances student success by delivering a consistent learning experience. This process has been instrumental in ensuring a consistent, high-quality learning experience.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 14, 2023

These experiences impart invaluable lessons about cross-cultural understanding, teamwork, and the very nature of our global society. Adaptive AI instruction primarily stands out for its ability to bring personalization to the forefront of the learning experience.  Int J Educ Technol High Educ 20, 22 (2023). link] Hu, K.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Now, for those who aren’t familiar, OER, or Open Educational Resources, are course materials under an open license which allows others to access and reuse them at no cost. There’s been a movement lately in institutions, particularly community colleges, to incorporate more OER materials as a way to curb the rising costs of higher education.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Image: Three California community colleges are fighting to start new baccalaureate programs, which their leaders insist would fill critical local workforce needs and help students who couldn’t otherwise afford to pursue a four-year degree. ” Half of states now allow community college baccalaureate degrees.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Roueche Center for Community College Leadership. Today, some of our country’s communities are engaged in conversations about talent pipeline shortages, challenges, and opportunities. Deeper conversations were launched between local career-technical center Ohio Tech Prep Northeast Region, and Cuyahoga Community College.

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Edu Alliance Journal

MARCH 17, 2025

Experiential Learning: More than 80% of students participate in internships, research, or off-campus programs such as Semester in the West and the Whitman in China teaching fellowship, exemplifying Whitman’s commitment to hands-on learning experiences. Since 2000, students have secured more than 600 awards.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

Enhancing student experience and learning outcomes At UF CJC Online, implementing a course template has been transformative as it significantly enhances student success by delivering a consistent learning experience. This process has been instrumental in ensuring a consistent, high-quality learning experience.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 14, 2023

These experiences impart invaluable lessons about cross-cultural understanding, teamwork, and the very nature of our global society. Adaptive AI instruction primarily stands out for its ability to bring personalization to the forefront of the learning experience.  Int J Educ Technol High Educ 20, 22 (2023). link] Hu, K.

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University Business

APRIL 3, 2024

Colleges and universities are trudging through inflationary construction costs to successfully reinvest in their existing facilities as students’ interactions with the campus community change in an ever-digitalized world, suggests data from the 11th edition of the State of Facilities in Higher Education report.

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University Business

JUNE 13, 2024

Focus on AI literacy programs—for students and faculty Postsecondary AI credentials this year are on track to double that of 2023; 14 have already been announced through May 2024 compared to the 18 announced through all of 2023, Zach Pazz, chief operating officer at Gray DI , a higher education intelligence service, said in an email.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Now, for those who aren’t familiar, OER, or Open Educational Resources, are course materials under an open license which allows others to access and reuse them at no cost. There’s been a movement lately in institutions, particularly community colleges, to incorporate more OER materials as a way to curb the rising costs of higher education.

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Today's Learner

MARCH 17, 2025

Above all, Kim believes that learning should be exciting and accessible to everyone. Her commitment to helping students grow not just as learners but as thinkers is what makes her an invaluable part of the OSU community and higher education. degree in computer resource management from Webster University.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2023

In order to stay relevant in today’s college classrooms within our fast-paced and ever-evolving world, professors must be ready to utilize instructional tools of all kinds to actively engage students in authentic learning experiences that take them beyond the classroom. Kagan cooperative learning. Service-learning.

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University Business

AUGUST 28, 2024

“[T]hose institutions thriving within the changing landscape of higher education continue to make it easy for people to unbundle and rebundle their education and training, allowing them to personalize and best meet their career and personal goals,” read the report.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Efforts to expand access to higher education have resulted in higher enrollment rates and degree attainment rates making higher education an option that is open to more students than ever before. Two Forms of Curriculum in Higher Education There are two forms of curriculum in higher education.

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University Business

JULY 25, 2023

Small- to medium-sized institutions that staunchly support the on-campus-only, semester-based higher education model can see their enrollment dry up as a dwindling cohort of traditionally aged students aged 18-24 flock in droves to big-brand institutions. “You have to be open to that. ” Enter micro-credentials.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Efforts to expand access to higher education have resulted in higher enrollment rates and degree attainment rates making higher education an option that is open to more students than ever before. Two Forms of Curriculum in Higher Education There are two forms of curriculum in higher education.

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WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 10, 2023

My History with Online Courses Welcome to the third and final post in our series on higher education enrollment shifts. In the second post, the work group discussed ways higher education institutions are responding to the shifts in enrollment. Providing learning experiences previously inaccessible or prohibitive.

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