Here are the reports you should know about this month. Over the past three years, a group of 19 community colleges in four states has been testing various strategies to keep low-income students in school, from offering guidance on managing their personal finances and providing referrals for basic needs such as housing, to academic and […]

Great teams know that having a seasoned coach can help them win. That’s the basic idea behind Mentor-Connect, a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded grant-writing and leadership development initiative. To help navigate NSF’s proposal requirements for its Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program, Mentor-Connect provides each college team with a mentor for nine months and a plethora […]

When immigrants arrive in the U.S. and look for work, they must learn new culture and workplace norms. Many also need assistance with their language skills. Northern Virginia Community College’s Office of Workforce Development—known as NOVA Workforce—supports these students, as well as international students, through its American Culture and Language Institute (ACLI). ACLI has three […]

Here are the reports you should know about this month. The use of strategic data can help “promote upward mobility, strengthen the middle class, foster shared economic growth, and enable Americans of all backgrounds to understand and cooperate with one another to solve our toughest public challenges,” assert the authors of two new reports from […]

Here in the Appalachian Mountains, we value independence. It’s our greatest strength and our greatest weakness. It’s a weakness when it means that we are disinclined to ask for help when we clearly need it. It’s a strength when it means that we create our own homegrown solutions to our student success challenges rather than […]

Building clear pathways for students has been a focus of many community colleges for the past few years. The American Association of Community Colleges’ Pathways Project and Pathways 2.0 involve more than 40 colleges. State systems, such as in California, are creating pathways programs, as well, and individual colleges across the country are working on […]

Greg Hamann, president of Linn-Benton Community College in Oregon and a member of the American Association of Community Colleges board of directors, joined CCDaily for a brief chat about AACC’s Voluntary Framework of Accountability (VFA). Why is the VFA important to community colleges, and especially Linn-Benton Community College, which serves more than 7,000 full-time students? […]

Bates Technical College in Tacoma, Wash., is part of a statewide effort to connect prisoners with education and career training upon their release. These efforts begin while inmates are still on the inside. As a reentry navigator, Hansen describes his role as a “bridge” to employment opportunities for inmates who are about to be released. […]

This fall, a goal is being achieved and a new one begins. After several years of dedication and hard work, Ruth “Navil” Izaguire is attending graduate school at St. Thomas University in Houston to earn her MBA in healthcare administration. Graduating in 2008 from the Challenge Early College High School at Houston Community College (HCC) […]