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JANUARY 16, 2024

Department of Education (ED) has awarded a $1 million grant to Pitt Community College to help boost college enrollment and completion rates among students in rural areas. Pitt Community College ED has presented a total of $44.5 Pitt Community College ED has presented a total of $44.5

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MARCH 24, 2024

PHILADELPHIA— Despite the ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion within higher education, more than a thousand educators gathered in-person and virtually late last week to share strategies and brainstorm ways to center equitable outcomes for the students who attend their institutions. Dr. Michael A.

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MAY 7, 2024

More community colleges in the U.S. are beginning to offer bachelor's degrees in addition to their usual offerings, and many of them serve minority populations, according to a recent report from The Community College Baccalaureate Association (CCBA) and higher ed consulting firm Bragg & Associates Inc.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

Community college students in California will now have an easier time lining up their academic progress to transfer to a California State University (CSU) system school, now that CSU has opened up access to its recent Transfer Planner to even more students.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Only over a tenth of students receiving Title IV aid (13%) who start at community colleges ultimately earn bachelor’s degrees within eight years, according to a U.S. Though 13% was the overall community college BA attainment rate, there was significant variation among U.S. Department of Education (ED) report.

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MARCH 26, 2024

Legislators are looking to enshrine the Postsecondary Student Success Grant (PSSG) program, a student outcomes-centered federal effort, into law through new legislation this March. We also need students to be supported not only in year one but throughout the entire time they are in college.”

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MARCH 22, 2024

Community colleges have the ability to not only put students on the right path, but most importantly, ensure that students begin on the right foot. That right foot has so many implications, the first of which is the financial impact of attending a community college as the first step toward a bachelor ’ s degree.

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

Austin Community College (ACC) will offer free food, housing services, and family support as part of an effort to strengthen student services, KXAN reported. The majority of ACC students (70%) have financial need. The majority of ACC students (70%) have financial need.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Tallahassee Community College (TCC) recently received recognition from Achieving the Dream , an organization and network founded to close achievement gaps and accelerate student success nationwide by guiding institutional change, influencing public policy, generating knowledge, and engaging the public.

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APRIL 19, 2024

Howard Community College President Dr. Daria J. Willis has announced plans to reopen the college’s on-campus Children’s Learning Center in partnership with the Community Action Council of Howard County. The facility closed in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated budget reduction efforts.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The Aspen Institute has named the 150 community colleges that can compete for its $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. public two-year colleges – were chosen for high and improving levels of student success and equitable outcomes for lower-income, Black, and Hispanic students.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Coconino Community College (CCC) has received $4 million to bolster male student enrollment efforts, Knau reported. The donation funds will go towards the creation of a program through Flagstaff High School that will let students concurrently enroll at CCC and work with a success coach.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Mott Community College (MCC) has received $156,000 to implement an initiative aimed at better supporting immigrant, refugee, and first-generation students, The County Press reported. Mott Community College MCC’s initiative is called Pathways to Success: Empowering Immigrant Futures (EIF).

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APRIL 23, 2024

Earlier this month, IHEP joined Results for America to highlight promising postsecondary student success models in Colorado and Massachusetts. The program supports students who stopped out of postsecondary education to return and complete a degree.

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JUNE 5, 2023

Mendocino College has achieved the highest percentage of Native American students among all California Community Colleges, The Ukiah Daily Journal reported.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Tallahassee Community College (TCC) recently received high honors from Achieving the Dream , an organization and network founded to close achievement gaps and accelerate student success nationwide by guiding institutional change, influencing public policy, generating knowledge, and engaging the public.

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APRIL 25, 2024

Two new reports and an online dashboard from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Teacher’s College, Columbia University, are part of an ambitious effort to tell the story of transfer students. One report was designed for community college leaders to read — the other was for four-year institutional leaders.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Austin Community College District (ACC) is proposing to make college tuition free for all high school seniors in Central Texas. The Austin Community College District plans to present a formal plan for a free tuition pilot program to its Board of Trustees in February. That is a game changer.”

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

The San Diego Community College District Board of Trustees has named Gregory Smith to be the district’s next chancellor. Chancellor-Designate Smith has extensive executive-level experience as well as strong familiarity with the challenges facing California’s community colleges,” said SDCCD Board President Bernie Rhinerson.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The recent Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies report on the steep enrollment declines of Black male students at community colleges is a stark reminder that our sector must accelerate the crucial work to ensure the academic success of Black male students. Francesca I.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) has received $75,000 to increase retention, completion, and transfer success for male students of color. Within higher education, closing the achievement gap is the conversation most associated with our male students of color,” said MSSI Program Director Dr. Sunni Solomon.

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MAY 11, 2023

Students from underrepresented backgrounds face considerable barriers when it comes to completing a community college program. Nationally, only 24% of African American, Latinx, and Native American students finish within two years. DFC has graduated an average of 56% of its students since its formation in 2017.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

After two years of COVID-19, community college enrollment was in triage. Indian River State College (IRSC) in Fort Pierce, FL, and Coahoma Community College (CCC) in Clarksdale, MS, saw their efforts to rebuild their student populations pay off. Dr. Timothy Moore, president of Indian River State College.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

After the COVID-19 pandemic forced an emergency switch to online learning, students have embraced the modality for its flexibility and convenience. This is particularly true of community college students, who are more likely than others to have jobs and family commitments that make coming to a campus tough.

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AUGUST 22, 2023

ED’s latest Postsecondary Student Success Grant Program application includes performance measures recommended by IHEP research By Jessica Vivar Earning a college degree is the best path to turning career aspirations into a successful livelihood and financially secure, fulfilling life. The result?

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OCTOBER 30, 2023

By Elenaor Eckerson Peters Last week, IHEP joined Results for America to highlight promising postsecondary student success models in Colorado and Massachusetts. The program supports students who stopped out of postsecondary education to return and complete a degree.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

When Imperial Valley College (IVC) conducted a student survey seven years ago, they discovered over 200 students experiencing food and housing insecurity. The findings spurred the creation of a basic needs support program on campus, including the IVC Kitchen, which provides emergency food and groceries to hungry students.

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JULY 18, 2023

Six community colleges have received $150,000 each from Lumina Foundation to bolster their digital and mobile presence to better connect with and recruit students. We intentionally focused on smaller colleges which make up most two-year institutions.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

There are 116 community colleges in California. The college recognized that the campus needed a safe space for males to get together, interact and learn from each other as well as to access resources,” says Jamal Biggs, director of the QCC MRC. One thing Compton College and President [Dr.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

Over half a million – 579,000 to be exact – Black students have left the American higher education system since 2011. Before and during COVID, most of these students vanished from our most affordable and accessible institutions – our community colleges. All employees see themselves as student success advocates.

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APRIL 2, 2023

In 2022, student leaders launched a campaign to challenge the long-standing stigma associated with attending community colleges. To overcome negative stereotypes, the CCSmart advocacy campaign tells the stories of students’ educational journeys and the positive impact community colleges had on their lives.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

Facing a national shortage of early childhood educators , the Community College of Vermont (CCV) and the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) have teamed up for an innovative solution: paying students to reduce their hours at their jobs in favor of taking more classes. CCV and SVMC anticipate funding 8-10 applicants.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 14, 2023

Community colleges play a critical role, providing affordable and accessible education for diverse populations. According to the American Association of Community Colleges, our nation had over 1,000 public, tribal, and independent community colleges enrolling 10.2

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APRIL 2, 2023

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, community colleges across the country saw a decline in enrollment for myriad reasons — financial, family, illness, lack of internet or inability to adapt to online learning. Students navigate housing and food insecurity, transportation issues, and other limitations to access.

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MAY 4, 2023

Although the pandemic has negatively impacted enrollment across the world of higher education, the drops for minoritized men at community colleges have been especially precipitous. They discussed their ideas Thursday at a panel co-sponsored by CCEAL and the Association of Community College Trustees.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Western Wyoming Community College has launched a new partnership to provide students with immediate access to teletherapy. Uwill is a leading mental health and wellness solution for colleges and students. Uwill is a leading mental health and wellness solution for colleges and students.

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MARCH 22, 2023

Community colleges are designed to serve and meet the needs of the communities where they reside. That’s why Hudson County Community College (HCCC) has decided to offer a certificate of proficiency in social justice and an A.S. Rossilli said many of her students come from a lower socioeconomic status.

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