Posts Tagged ‘community colleges’
October 19 - Valuing our Community College Colleagues
By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Teaching and Learning, Teaching Professor Blog
In a 2009 editorial, John Moore lists some impressive figures about community colleges. There are almost 1,200 of them in the U.S., and they enroll 11.5 million students a year. About 60 percent of those students are attending college part time. Their average age is 29. Especially impressive is the fact that about 40 percent
April 3 - Community Colleges Re-tooling to Serve Influx of Adult Learners
By: Mary Bart in Uncategorized
Move over 18-year-old high school students. There’s a new student on campus, and she might be your mom. A new survey by the Plus 50 Initiative at the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) finds that community colleges are reaching out to students over the age of 50 and planning to expand programs for them.
January 26 - Fundraising Strategies for Community Colleges
By: Mary Bart in Academic Leadership, Trends in Higher Education
If you were asked to describe community colleges, the word “entrepreneurial” probably wouldn’t be one of the first things to come to mind. That may be changing. As the traditional avenues for funding decrease and expenses increase, community colleges are turning to innovative fundraising strategies to support everything from student scholarships to program development.
December 29 - Balancing Security with Open Access at Community Colleges
By: Mary Bart in Online Seminars
How do you create an open, welcoming, inclusive educational environment, while at the same time keep your campus safe? That’s the challenge community colleges are struggling with campus safety concerns rise amidst dwindling resources.
September 26 - Twelve Recommendations for the Community College
By: Catherine Stover in Uncategorized
Why does the community college agenda need to be defended? About 80 percent of students entering community colleges say their goal is to earn a bachelor’s degree or higher, but only 18 percent actually do so within eight years. These recommendations were taken from this book…
June 30 - The Baccalaureate Community College: Appropriate Teacher Preparation?
By: Community College Leader in Uncategorized
Community colleges are now busying themselves in the practice of K-12 teacher education. The current national teacher shortage has ostensibly bestowed upon community colleges a potentially large new task— teacher preparation and certification…
