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Formerly Incarcerated Students Are Humans First

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

On an unseasonably warm November weekend, people gathered on campus for a record clearing and expungement clinic organized by the Community College of Philadelphia Foundation. That effort and others like it are essential services for basic needs in college. One of those, the Rising Scholars Program at Mt.

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

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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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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It is this quality experience that learners courting and attending our community colleges expect to receive, and failure to provide will lead to continuous declines in enrollment and confidence in higher education. Interestingly, at the Community College of Aurora, over 40% of our learners identify as adult learners.

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AI in Community Colleges: Navigating a Human-Centered Future in the Shadow of AB 2370

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Note: This article used collaboration between the human author and the AI programs of ChatGPT, Copilot, and Meta AI. The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has ushered in a new era for community college education, presenting both exciting possibilities and complex challenges. The Bill, an act to add Section 87359.2

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AI in Community Colleges: Navigating a Human-Centered Future in the Shadow of AB 2370

Faculty Focus

Note: This article used collaboration between the human author and the AI programs of ChatGPT, Copilot, and Meta AI. The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has ushered in a new era for community college education, presenting both exciting possibilities and complex challenges. The Bill, an act to add Section 87359.2

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Why Data Alone Won’t Improve Retention

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To truly support student success, we must move beyond the metrics and prioritize the human connections that make higher education meaningful. 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.

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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Immediately, Dayshawn and I went into planning, says Jackson, Eight years later, Compton College is breaking ground on a 250+ bed housing facility, becoming the first community college in Los Angeles County to offer campus housing to its students. Were showing other colleges that this can be done, says Curry.

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