As the numbers of COVID-19-positive people started to grow in New York and New Jersey, Hudson County Community College (HCCC) assistant history professor Antonio Acevedo knew it was just a matter of time before the college would have to adapt. When Acevedo learned the campus would close and in-person classes would be moved online, his […]
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Report roundup
Here are three reports you should know about this month. Colleges need to do more for students who are parents, Generation Hope says in a new report. According to a survey conducted by the community-based nonprofit focused on college completion and early childhood success, one in five undergraduate students – and one in four (26 […]
Pandemic compounds inequities
Compton College has always targeted assistance to African-American students and others in need, but the pandemic has “made it more clear about their lack of basic needs,” said President Keith Curry. “COVID is adding another layer of impact.” College leaders need to connect with students to learn the best ways to help them, he said. […]
Reviving a nursing education program
Bunker Hill Community College’s (BHCC’s) registered nursing program is celebrating a new milestone: 100 percent of its 2019 graduates passed the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nursing (NCLEX-RN). That’s a big achievement for a program that had been in danger of losing its accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) and […]
Getting creative
As the semester winds down, community colleges are finding unique ways to handle testing, to honor graduates and to prepare for the next semester during the coronavirus pandemic. Parking lot labs Thirty-two second-year nursing students at Central Maine Community College (CMCC) took an ATI exit exam recently in the “parking lot computer lab” at the […]
Different approaches to reopening
Many colleges will continue remote learning through the summer semester, but some are taking steps to reopen, at least for career and technical education (CTE) courses, which often require hands-on instruction. Meanwhile, some colleges have already announced that they’ll remain online through the fall semester. Steps to reopening Everett Community College in Washington received state […]
A new approach to teaching English
Onondaga Community College (OCC) is about to change the way it teaches reading and writing. It’s all because of the tireless work of two English professors, coupled with work focused around a federal grant, and the reorganization of the college’s majors into eight schools. “Students won’t be placed into developmental reading or developmental English anymore. […]
Report roundup
Here are three reports you should know about this month. The number of first-time associate-degree earners has decreased from 2012-13 to 2018-19, due mainly to a drop among older students earning a two-year degree, according to figures from the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Research Center. During that seven-year period, the number of first-time associate-degree earners […]
Finding a community through esports
Tasia Jones will be the first to admit she’s never been the world’s most social person. Yet that began to change, last fall, when she saw a flyer on Montgomery County Community College’s (MCCC’s) campus that offered her a chance to break out of her shell doing something she loved. The flyer announced the newly […]
Remote learning in a remote area
Like everyone else in higher education, adjusting to online delivery in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has been a challenge for Diné College (Arizona), but officials are getting through the challenges. The college reverted to online classes on March 23 and postponed the annual spring commencement ceremonies to a yet unannounced date. “The […]