Innovations
2017
Jed Peterson, History faculty at Kirkwood Community College, contends that students don't care about what you know until they know that you care.
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Odvar Clunie, a Computer Science instructor at Excelsior Community College, discusses workforce development and the challenges of placing students in IT positions post-graduation due to a lagging market as well as giving students access to programs online so that they can practice remotely for more hands-on experience.
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2017
Angelic Cole, Business Administration professor and chair at St. Louis Community College, discusses the pressing concern about student completion and the importance of community colleges building strong partnerships with employers to make sure that needed credentials are incorporated into programs.
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Alex Ranc, a Fine Arts instructor at Angelina College, discusses engagement and cocurricula activities to engage students equally and throughout their education path.
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Chris Roddenberry, an Associate Professor of Social Psychology at Wake Technical Community College, discusses the college’s use of synchronous tools, such as texting and webinar software, and custom videos to create a sense of community and decrease the distance between faculty and students in their online classes.
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Moaz Ben Azzouz, Mathematics faculty at Sinclair Community College, is concerned that quality of education does not seem to be the most important goal of the student success and completion initiative.
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Signal Brown, Information and Communication Technology instructor at Knox Community College, says that student-centered learning often needs to be gradually introduced so that students with no experience with this approach when they enter college become familiar with it and the chances of student success is increased.
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Darnette McCleary, a Project Manager at St. Louis Community College, discusses her institution’s students first philosophy and striving to create a premium experience for the student both inside and outside the classroom, based on the student’s needs.
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Alvan Ross, a counselor at Excelsior Community College, speaks about students' lack of interpersonal communication skills and teaching them how to be smarter then their smartphones to be successful.
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Jimmy Adams, Dean, Media Arts & Technology Center of Excellence, at Houston Community College, talks about the barriers that effect student success, including life issues, and how his college is trying to identify and eliminate those barriers (e.g., issuing bus vouchers and emergency funds for child care).
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Selina Bliss, a Nursing Instructor at Yavapai College, discusses student retention and alternate healthcare pathways at her institution for those students who do not make it into the rigorous nursing program.
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Oniel Smith, a Mathematics lecturer at the College of Agriculture, Education and Science, discusses fforts to overcome student struggles in math classes, including a diagnostic test to determine their level of competence in mathematics and teaching in the Jamaican dialect as well as standard English so students are more likely to nderstand the vocabulary.
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Laura Powell, a Workforce Development Training Specialist at St. Charles Community College, discusses her concerns about student completion in terms of industry needs, saying, “Industry needs credentials that do not always equal an associate’s degree."
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Andy Mays, Speech and Languages faculty at Lee College, discusses a few things that she does inside and outside of the classroom to help students succeed in her class and in life.
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Teri Denman, assistant to two deans in Academic Affairs at Estrella Mountain Community College, discuss a leadership/professional development program developed by a residential psychology faculty member at her college, reflecting the college’s core values of innovation, diversity, and collaboration.
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Aubria Phillips, a counselor at Community College of Philadelphia, discusses her concern with losing students prior to completion, especially low-income and veteran populations.
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Nathan Rom, Chairman of the Board, Montego Bay Community College, discusses his concern about what happens to students when they leave the college and enter the workforce and stresses the need to prepare students adequately for employment and industry.
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Mary Arthur, an IT Project Coordinator at St. Louis Community College, discusses the importance of students setting an educational goal in order to realize success.
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Angela Hendershot, an English instructor at Zane State College, discusses how her college is influencing student retention by forming an early intervention plan, which focuses on students who may be at risk and figures out ways to get them back into the classroom.
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Bernard L. Monette, a Web Development instructor at Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, discuss those practices he uses in the classroom to make the environment authentic, in terms of both technologies and social skills, to ready students for the workplace, instilling in them resilience and grit to prepare them for success.
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