Ginger Liddell rocked back and forth from one foot to the other. She wrung her hands every so often. Her blue shirt shined brightly in the sun in contrast to her brown eyes and dark brown hair. The 17-year-old Chippewa Falls resident, newly enrolled in the liberal arts program at Chippewa Valley Technical College, was […]
College Readiness Articles
Early college program helps all parties
When New Heights Charter School of Brockton (Massachusetts) came to Massasoit Community College about setting up a partnership a few years ago, officials at the college were delighted. “We’d been investing in early college for over 14 years,” said Massasoit Provost Deanna Yameen. “At New Heights, every student would be college-ready – period.” In May, […]
Building a community of caring with co-requisite courses
Houston Community College (HCC) serves about 80,000 students annually. More than one-third need remediation. Most of those students are placed in co-requisite courses, which are college-level courses with developmental supports. There have been challenges with that model, Catherine O’Brien, HCC’s associate vice chancellor of college readiness, said during an AACC Digital presentation. About 40% of […]
Commentary: Early college can help drive student success
Higher education is at a precipice. The last several years have been marked by enrollment declines, the result of a demographic shift. The arrival of the pandemic last year, however, has brought with it a dramatic decline in enrollments for students of color. One effective strategy that has been successful in both increasing enrollment and […]
Smoothing the transition
As with many community colleges and regional public universities, the path from Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) to George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, has become heavily traveled over the years. To smooth that path for students, the two schools in 2018 implemented the ADVANCE program, which among other benefits, assigns them one of six […]
Growing a school within a school
Butler County Community College’s (BC3) 23-year-old College Within the High School program, which gives sophomores through seniors the opportunity to earn transferrable college credits, has exceeded 500 students in a semester for the first time. This fall, 507 students in the Pennsylvania college’s surrounding counties – almost 50 more students – are taking at least one […]
Celebrating, preparing transfer students
In 2018-19, nearly 14,000 Kentucky Community & Technical College System (KCTCS) students continued their education by transferring to a four-year partner. During National Transfer Student Week, which is October 19-23, all 16 colleges in KCTCS will offer virtual transfer fairs. Students will be able to learn more about their university of interest and connect directly […]
Closing the gap for the migrant population
Washington County in Oregon serves the has the largest migrant and seasonal farmworker population in the region — 26 percent of the state’s total migrant population. Migration and agricultural work often interrupt formal schooling. Portland Community College’s High School Equivalency Program (HEP) was created to help close that education gap. HEP aims to improve the […]
Inmates embrace education
Providing a second chance to the local incarcerated population, Wisconsin’s Mid-State Technical College has collaborated with the county jails in its district to bring career awareness and high school equivalency instruction to inmates. Mid-State joined the Wood County Sheriff’s Department in celebrating its hard-working participants on May 26, presenting eight inmates with a certificate of […]
A free jump start on college
Even as community college’s grapple with budget cuts, they’re ensuring their affordable educational opportunities continue in their communities. Many are offering some tuition-free online courses to help high schoolers get a jump start on their college education and to help people boost skills during the pandemic. Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) is launching a new […]