Managing social media for a college is a bit like throwing a house party where everyone wants to be the DJ. Cape Cod Community College (4Cs) in Massachusetts has figured out a way to keep things engaging, organized and (most importantly) on-brand. But here’s the twist: If you, a “non-marcom” employee or student group, want […]

Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) announced is cutting the ribbon on its new Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CITL) on March 4. CITL provides a space dedicated to enhancing faculty and staff development and advancing innovative teaching practices. CITL (pronounced as “seed-’ul”) reflects the Massachusetts college’s commitment to fostering a culture of excellence in […]

The American Association of Community Colleges’ (AACC) annual Awards of Excellence underscore the association’s priorities and bring national visibility to promising practices among its member colleges. Winners will be announced at the Awards of Excellence Gala on April 15 during the AACC Annual April 12-16 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Be sure to register for the convention.) […]

Though it’s been years since the heart of the pandemic, getting students to once again consider a college education is still difficult. Many eschew in-person learning altogether or ultimately decide college is no longer an important consideration. Which makes telling the college story more vital than ever. “We thought there would be a surge of […]

Like all leaders in higher education, rural-serving community college leaders must deal with disruptions in today’s higher education landscape. Fostering innovation in rural-serving areas is especially critical as colleges in these locales are often the only choice for students as a point of access to higher education. Local and regional businesses rely on the career […]

The American workplace is in the midst of major generational transition of leadership, and the community college system is immersed in this change. Presidents and executive-level administrators who were born in the tail-end of the “Baby Boom” (born 1946 – 1964) will soon complete the retirement cycle of their generation.  Senior administrators, who are predominantly […]

Have you noticed an increase in higher education administrative positions focused on innovation and strategy? In the past few years, there has been significant job growth in these types of roles in higher education — especially at community colleges where the emphasis on self-sustaining, revenue-generating, entrepreneurial strategies has become more in-demand to lead transformative institutional […]

Local workforce development is a key obligation of the modern community college. It is also an obligation that can easily backfire if not undertaken with extreme due diligence in balancing the competing interests of industry, politicians and the institutions themselves. The oversell of Foxconn’s much heralded, and now very scaled back, investment in Wisconsin a […]

In 2007, when I was considering an offer for a faculty position after grad school, I checked the college’s website to be sure that they had an LGBTQ+ student organization. As a queer-identified educator, I wanted to know that the campus I was committing to had done some of the preliminary work of welcoming LGBTQ+ […]

City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) has designed a framework to help faculty achieve excellence at all stages of the faculty lifecycle. Across its seven colleges, CCC employs more than 500 full-time and 1,000 part-time faculty members. The system on-boards more than 100 new faculty every year – some from industry with little teaching experience. These […]