Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Eight community college students from across the globe have been named 2025 DREAM Scholars by Achieving the Dream (ATD), marking a diverse cohort that Dr. Karen A. Stout includes representatives from a Tribal College, South Africa's Siyaphumelela Network, and the Gateway to College program.

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DECEMBER 16, 2024

Mississippi Delta Community College has named Dr. Steven J. Jones as the tenth president of the college. Dr. Steven Jones Jones currently serves as Vice President of Administrative and Student Services at the College located in the city of Moorhead. A native of Taylorsville, MS.,

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Achieving the Dream, the community college advocacy nonprofit, is currently testing a new framework which it believes can help two-year institutions reestablish themselves as community engines for socioeconomic mobilityand win over declining public perception in the sector. appeared first on University Business.

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

The idea comes a decade after several other SUNY campuses tried sharing presidents, but leaders say discussions are still in an early phase.

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MARCH 20, 2025

In a June 2024 article, Katherine Gonzalez noted, Top-level leaders in community colleges are not only aging, but also retiring in waves, with an average tenure of five to seven years. One such case of a highly successful organizational transition occurred at Carroll Community College in Westminster, Maryland.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2025

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker A legislative initiative backed by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker that would allow community colleges to offer four-year bachelor's degrees in high-demand fields has temporarily stalled in the state's General Assembly, with lawmakers raising concerns about potential impacts on minority-serving institutions.

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AUGUST 2, 2024

Oakland University (OU) and Oakland Community College (OCC) in Michigan, are launching a pilot program campus housing program to permit community college students to live on the university campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2024

The profile of the average community college student is changing. While two-year institutions still have significant populations of adult students and people desirous of enhancing their career options, there is a growing number of first-time college students, age 18 to 22, that are seeking a traditional college experience.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Experts are increasingly sounding the alarm on community “college deserts” that leave students without readily accessible higher education options. The post Community ‘college deserts’ leave students stranded from higher education appeared first on University Business. Read more at The Hill.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 20, 2024

A Growing Number of Community Colleges Are Building HBCU Pipelines Sara Weissman Mon, 05/20/2024 - 03:00 AM Washtenaw Community College and other institutions are working with historically Black colleges and universities to help their students transfer, particularly in states without HBCUs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 1, 2025

Stout, recipient of the 2025 Diverse Champions Award, has focused her career on helping community colleges achieve outstanding student success. Moono, president of SUNY Schenectady County Community College. Felder, president of Harford Community College in Maryland, where Stout began her community college career in 1984.

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MARCH 12, 2025

Bob Jackson Murray State University, located in Kentucky, has appointed Dr. Ron K. Patterson, who currently serves as president of Chadron State College in Nebraska, will assume his new role on July 1, 2025, succeeding retiring President Dr. Bob Jackson. Patterson as its 15th president.

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DECEMBER 12, 2024

Several Iowa community colleges, after reviewing their diversity, equity and inclusion activities to come in line with recommendations from Community Colleges for Iowa, have concluded that they were already on the right track in their mission of supporting all students. Read more at Iowa Capital Dispatch.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

It’s not an everyday occurrence when a community college leader gets a phone call telling them their institution will receive an influx of funding in the millions. when MacKenzie Scott, one of the richest women in the world, decided to make a major investment in community colleges.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has documented the decline in community college enrollment for more than a decade. The question we are asking now is, where is the floor for the community college meltdown? And community colleges would need to provide stronger returns on investment for those who attend.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A widespread health crisis is undermining American community colleges, with many current and potential students exhibit high rates of anxiety, depression, substance abuse, suicidal ideation, food insecurity, and more. Let’s be real: it costs significant money and time to address this problem, and most community colleges lack both.

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University Business

DECEMBER 16, 2024

California math educators this fall have been locked in a vigorous debate: Will the implementation of a new law help more community college STEM students by skipping prerequisites and placing them directly into calculus, or will it set up the states least-prepared students for failure? This week, critics scored something of a victory.

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University Business

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The number of graduates from the state’s community colleges has seen a marked increase, according to data released Wednesday by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Overall, the number of Colorado college students earning credentials within six years is holding steady. percent completed. Read more at CPR News.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Department of Agriculture has announced $5 million in grants to support Tribal students at land-grant colleges and universities through the New Beginning for Tribal Students (NBTS) Program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2024

Colclough hatched an idea — what if they could develop professional learning environments easily accessible for all faculty in North Carolina’s community colleges, and what if that development could move the needle on student success? North Carolina is the only state in the country doing this.

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University Business

JANUARY 6, 2025

Loud and overcrowded classrooms are just some of the big problems Massachusetts community college professors say they dealt with this past semester with free community college now available in the state. We are overcapacity. Read more at NBC News.

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University Business

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The state ranks just behind Idaho in leading an early college credit movement, as states increasingly encourage high school students to take college classes, most often at community colleges. The post Community college classes for high school students explode in Idaho, Indiana appeared first on University Business.

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University Business

JANUARY 23, 2025

Remedial courses can soak up time and money (with often poor results), but federal reports show that up to 65 percent of community college students have taken at least one remedial course within six years of enrolling. The post Is the new way to remediate community college students working? Read more at Thomas B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The improvements here were mostly driven by students who started at community colleges. Community college completion rates jumped 1.2 Several years ago, the vast majority of dual enrollment was taking place in community colleges. Over 80% of the student body at Lehman are individuals of color.

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MARCH 21, 2025

A federal judge recently dismissed claims that Drake University defamed Des Moines Area Community College, the latest development in a fraught trademark battle between the two institutions, the Des Moines Register reported. Their ongoing legal dispute, which began last summer, is over the letter D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) has published a new brief that examines how states fund community colleges based on the enrollment for their students, including those pursuing credit-bearing degrees and certificates, non-credit workforce programs, and those enrolled via dual-enrollment programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2024

More community colleges in the U.S. are beginning to offer bachelor's degrees in addition to their usual offerings, and many of them serve minority populations, according to a recent report from The Community College Baccalaureate Association (CCBA) and higher ed consulting firm Bragg & Associates Inc.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 24, 2024

As her days as president of Mott Community College (MCC) in Flint, Michigan, wind down, Dr. Beverly Walker-Griffea is pleased with the impact she and the college have made on the community. After building her reputation in student services, Walker-Griffea found a perfect fit in community colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 30, 2024

Education Northwest, an Oregon-based nonprofit organization promoting education for all, unveiled the results on Tuesday of a first-of-its kind, nine-year study of the partnership between Tacoma Community College (TCC) and the Tacoma Housing Authority (THA), called the College Housing Assistance Program (CHAP).

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University Business

AUGUST 21, 2024

Leading the way are the nation’s community colleges. But the students who are returning to community college classrooms today are less interested in earning a bachelor’s degree. The post Community colleges drive rebound in higher ed enrollment appeared first on University Business. this spring.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 4, 2024

Jefferson will become the 18th president of Roxbury Community College (RCC), effective July 1. Jefferson holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Morehouse College, a Master of Engineering from Cornell University, a Master of Science from Capella University, and a Doctor of Management from Colorado Technical University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2025

As associate provost at the college, Ill admit I was biased but even two decades of experience in higher education couldnt fully prepare me for her struggle to transfer credits. Queens College is one of The City University of New Yorks 25 colleges. There are also many individual articulation agreements between colleges.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Connecticut State College and University system is asking some community college employees to return money mistakenly paid to them two years ago because of a calculation error, NBC Connecticut reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 11, 2024

million gift upon Howard Community College in support of programming and scholarships in its science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) division. million gift upon Howard Community College to help support it science, technology, engineering, and mathematics division.

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Higher Ed Dive

JULY 26, 2023

The university system alleged the handful of bachelor's programs would be duplicative and would infringe on its current offerings.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2024

This backdrop was on the minds of panelists in preparation for their presentation, entitled, A State of Affairs: The Underrepresentation of Minority Community College Trustees, which convened at the recent Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT, 2024) Leadership Congress in Seattle, WA. Recommendations follow.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 17, 2024

Drexel University is offering tuition at half the cost for students who have earned an associate degree from any accredited community college in the U.S. Now, the university is expanding the program to benefit community college graduates across the country. cumulative GPA.

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