Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2025

By modernizing the Fifty Percent Law, we can ensure that California's community colleges are empowered to meet the needs of today's learners and equip them for future success." Technology that didn't exist when the law was draftedcomputers, the internet, online learning platformsnow consumes significant portions of college budgets.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

In my 30-year journey as a university president, I learned that successful leaders are not those who simply speak quickly, but rather those who learn to listen carefully and ask thoughtful questions. In reflection, the rise of technology and online learning in the late 1990s and 2000s was a period of immense growth and change.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. As in-person and hybrid learning resume, enrollment numbers have not returned to pre-COVID levels. Dr. Everrett A.

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EAB

JUNE 1, 2023

Building on their early success, Mott’s Second Chance Pell Program Coordinator, Mary Cusack , recently turned to a long-standing transfer partner in the region, Ferris State University. Best Practices Explore the 15 student success best practices that power the Moon Shot initiative. Here’s what we learned.

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EAB

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Institutions were able to apply the online learning innovations from PCO units across the university and build lifelong learning relationships with alumni. PCO units’ innovations in online learning and digital marketing and recruitment were adopted across institutions because of newly centralized structures.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

They weren’t given enough time to ensure students have what they would need to succeed in a fully online learning environment. From there, we set up sub-committees to keep an eye on these issues and study data, like attendance and student behavior, to figure out what we need to be successful.

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EAB

JULY 18, 2023

The three offer data that highlight the magnitude of the student mental health challenge and the extent of staffing shortfalls that are decimating college counseling centers. We've compiled custom resources to help your institution holistically address mental health on campus. Transcript [music] 0:00:11.1

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