Category: Innovation Showcase
Celebrating 45 Years of Fostering Community College Innovation
In 2013, the League marks its 45th year of promoting community college innovation, experimentation, and institutional transformation. Through conferences, projects, publications, and other resources, the League offers opportunities for community college educators to explore the innovations of others and to showcase their own.
Read complete post
Combining a Fifth Year of High School and First Year of College: Creating a Win-Win-Win for Students, School District, and Community College
In Eugene, Oregon, a partnership between the Eugene School District 4J and Lane Community College’s High School Connections Department is showing early signs of success in helping students earn a year’s worth of college credit prior to graduating from high school, at no cost to the student.
Read complete post
Pioneering Online Science Labs
The Pioneering Online Science Labs project exemplifies Sinclair Community College‘s motto: “Find the need and endeavor to meet it.” Sinclair students expressed a need for fully online degree programs; however, the lack of online science courses prevented the completion of the AA and AS degrees online. The college listened and met the need by developing fully online astronomy and biology lecture and lab courses. The courses have been extremely successful; enrollment has increased and success rates mirror those of the traditional classroom.Read complete post

