While community colleges can and do change on a regular basis, leaders can use specific tools to facilitate change that is more strategic. Jaime Lester looks at the role data can play in this process.
Author: Laurie Arnston
Let’s Talk About Race: An Interview With ACE President Ted Mitchell
The Let’s Talk About Race interview series captures the voices of prominent higher education scholars and leaders as they share their perspectives and experiences on race and ethnicity in higher education. Read the latest conversation with ACE President Ted Mitchell.
Higher Education Will Be Forced to Do This Recession Differently, and That’s a Good Thing
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, we can expect a surge in demand for higher education that will disproportionately come from post-traditional students. To respond, colleges and universities must swiftly adapt by broadening their view of learning.
Highlights from Administrators in Higher Education Annual Report
CUPA-HR has released a report that surveyed 50,690 administrators in 202 different positions in higher education institutions.
Attracting and Retaining International Students at Community Colleges: Creating a 5-Star Experience
Community colleges were never designed for students from outside the United States, nor have they been given much attention. For that reason, if community colleges would like to attract, enroll, and retain these students, they must take deliberate and specific actions to plan and provide a five-star experience.
Essential Partners: Chief Academic Officers and Chief Financial Officers
The latest post in the ACAO series shares perspectives of two chief academic officers—one from a public institution in the Midwest with 12,700 students, the other from a private university in New England with 7,000 students. The topic is the CAO’s working relationship with arguably the most important fellow vice president on campus—the chief financial officer.
Continued Growth of Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Excelencia in Education and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities recently released a joint set of resources on Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) for the 2018-19 academic year.
Survival to Transformation: Navigating Fiscal Distress During COVID-19
The challenge ahead for higher education is unprecedented, and the typical solutions won’t sustain our institutions. If we can’t go back to what we used to be before COVID-19, we must instead evolve to something better, writes Philip Rogers.
We Need to Talk About Learning Continuity
Amid all the transitions that students and colleges will be going through in the coming months, we need to start experimenting with new tools and practices—like blockchain—that hold the potential to equitably safeguard, verify, and share learning no matter where it happens, writes ACE’s Louis Soares.
Supporting College Students Through a Public Health Crisis: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Harvey
In the fall of 2017, Hurricane Harvey struck the Gulf Coast, significantly affecting 13 million people in states throughout the region. Ruth M. López and Vincent D. Carales of the University of Houston look at what colleges can learn from Hurricane Harvey to address student mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 Community College Snapshot
The American Association of Community Colleges recently released its Fast Facts 2020 snapshot.
Equity in Career AND Technical Education
MDRC has published a brief following a review of community college Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs.