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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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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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

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

But they have a long way to go when it comes to efficiently creating closed loops between the identification of students’ need and receipt of services, and require significant technological, data, and professional development resources to make that work effective.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In a fast-paced society influenced by various factors, including commercialism, political discourse, technology, social media, and economics, the term self- Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee care fails to be a mainstream pillar in culture, practice, and conversations. Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee is the president of the Community College of Aurora.

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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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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. Tip #1: Build belonging.

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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.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The higher education technology solutions provider surveyed 445 faculty and administrators from more than 330 institutions across the U.S. Faculty and administrators are using AI professionally and personally at over double the rate from last year, and 93% expect to use it more over the next two years, asserts a new report from Ellucian.

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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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MindMax

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

– The evolving role of technology, including AI, in education. – The diverse landscape of higher education and the roles of community colleges, elite institutions, and emerging educational models like microcredentials. – The shift toward prioritizing skills and competencies over traditional knowledge in education.

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University Business

JULY 1, 2024

Paula Krebs, the executive director of the Modern Language Association of America, stated that “[s]cience, technology and business courses and majors are not enough for WVU to offer if it wants to produce fully informed and thinking citizens for West Virginia.” How is this possible?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Karen Mossberger, the Frank and June Sackton Professor in the school of public affairs and director of the Center on Technology, Data and Society at Arizona State University. Choosing the Future: Technology and Opportunity in Communities , a book Mossberger coauthored with Dr. Caroline J. Tolbert and Dr. Scott J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2023

Learning Commons at Florida’s Tallahassee Community College. DeZerga earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and humanities and a master’s in instructional systems and learning technologies from Florida State University. Samantha DeZerga Samantha Dezerga has been appointed director of the William D.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Community college chatbots need to understand a wide range of academic subjects, courses, and student queries. Human-chatbot interaction dynamics: The unique dynamics of human-chatbot interactions further complicate the issue of hallucinations. million in attempted student aid fraud.

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PeopleAdmin

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

HigherEd can look to community colleges for innovation inspiration. Community colleges are facing many of the same challenges as four-year colleges and universities. Take advantage of technology to help solve problems. The right technology can also solve multiple problems at once.

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University Business

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Although most colleges and universities are scrambling to moderate precisely how students should be allowed to use it, faculty and administrators are inviting its use systemwide. I don’t think it does us any good to villainize these technologies, said Rebecca Sandidge, vice president for enrollment management at Oglethorpe University (Ga.).

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In the evolving landscape of online education, post pandemic, it has become increasingly essential to use technology to foster student engagement. Integration of Technology: E-portfolios involve the use of technology, making them highly relevant in todays digital age. Provide examples that make sure that students stay on task.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Science fiction plots involving robots fall tidily into one of two scenarios: androids are here to assist and ease human labor, and its doomsday opposite that robots will be our ruin and lead to the destruction of human civilization as we know it. Only if we listen with equal parts openness and alarm.

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University Business

APRIL 17, 2024

Other faculty members are scrambling to AI-proof their classrooms to prevent students from using this technology to cheat. AI is helping us help our students in ways that feel much more human than skeptics of this new technology might have thought possible. This ambivalence is understandable. It contributed to a 3.5%

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Course sharing aims to help small colleges address declining enrollments and increased competition by offering vocationally appealing programs without the costs associated with developing them independently. This method leverages online education technologies that have become more familiar and advanced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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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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Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Science fiction plots involving robots fall tidily into one of two scenarios: androids are here to assist and ease human labor, and its doomsday opposite that robots will be our ruin and lead to the destruction of human civilization as we know it. Only if we listen with equal parts openness and alarm.

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Continuous Learning Institute

MARCH 19, 2023

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE: Learn about the power of humanizing online learning for college students. In this episode, I interview Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock, Faculty at the Foothill-De Anza Community College District (Scroll down to access the transcript.) 41:57:50: Humanizing online learning via the "wisdom wall."

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EAB

JANUARY 13, 2023

Modern Student Experience Diagnostic for Community Colleges. Modern student expectations are everchanging—can your community college keep up? Community college student demographics are shifting, nontraditional is the new norm, mental health is in crisis, and learning flexibility is a growing demand.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

JUNE 12, 2023

The New Student Experience at a Community College The enrollment data for community colleges is positive for the first time in a long time, with an overall enrollment increase of 2.1% Despite this recent trend reversal, community colleges can’t ignore the 37% decline (nearly 2.6

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Community college chatbots need to understand a wide range of academic subjects, courses, and student queries. Human-chatbot interaction dynamics: The unique dynamics of human-chatbot interactions further complicate the issue of hallucinations. million in attempted student aid fraud.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2023

In a perfect world, technology would streamline the communication process. … The technology is simply not there yet.” ” Most human resource technology companies indicate that their customers have not prioritized digital credential support, according to the Northeastern report.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 16, 2024

Jared Burns Jared Burns has been appointed vice chancellor of people, culture, and technology services at the San Diego Community College District. He served as associate vice president of human resources at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MAY 4, 2023

Technology Partnerships and Higher Education A Conversation With Drew Magliozzi, CEO of Mainstay Alan Thu, 05/11/2023 - 06:00 Chatbots Higher Ed Leadership Innovation Spotlight In our mission to promote equity in higher education, the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) highlights the strategies of our member institutions.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 22, 2023

” A few short months after OpenAI released ChatGPT—a large language model with an unusual ability to mimic human language and thought—the company released an upgrade known as GPT-4. But by OpenAI’s own admission, humans are susceptible to overrelying on the tools, which could have unintended outcomes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2024

It could be the result of the gradual decline in postsecondary enrollment seen in the nation since around 2010, or a result from the severe enrollment drops during the COVID-19 pandemic, seen particularly at community colleges. These drops “erase the gains made between 2015 and 2020,” said Dr. Pietro A. asked Sasso.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 14, 2023

To tap into the full potential of AI-driven education, schools and institutions must prioritize building solid technological infrastructure. Moreover, with the surge of technology, ensuring that every student, regardless of their socioeconomic background, has equal access to AI-powered education becomes an imperative.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

While it caught many by surprise, ChatGPT is the result of a series of developments in the use of chatbots (Chatter Robot) or computer programs that simulate and process human conversations, both written and oral. In its simplest form, it is an information tool to be used by humans with both positive and negative aspects.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

While it caught many by surprise, ChatGPT is the result of a series of developments in the use of chatbots (Chatter Robot) or computer programs that simulate and process human conversations, both written and oral. In its simplest form, it is an information tool to be used by humans with both positive and negative aspects.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Image: Two tenured professors at Cuyahoga Community College in Ohio are suing former and current administrators at the college. The college denies the allegations. First of all, students of color, students who lack technology, it’s poor students.” Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?:

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