Innovations
January
2015
An unprecedented public-private partnership is bringing a petroleum processing pilot plant to Del Mar College that will be used to train technicians for well paying careers in burgeoning industries. Essentially a working model of a distillation unit like those at the petrochemical plants and refineries that dot the landscape near the Port of Corpus Christi, the facility arrives during a perfect economic storm.
"There are multi-million dollar industrial expansions going on here and workers are retiring, so the increase in demand for a skilled workforce is exponential," said Lenora Keas, Del...
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January
2015
Tidewater Community College (TCC) became the first institution of higher learning to launch its associate of science in business administration as a textbook-free degree program in 2013. Known as the Z-Degree—z for zero textbook cost—the program eases the pain of soaring textbook costs for college students by allowing students to complete the degree and spend no funds on textbooks and course materials.
Professor Linda Williams is the faculty lead for the Z-degree.
Students in the program use high-quality open textbooks and other open educational resources (OER), which are freely accessible,...
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2015
This video was created by Public Agenda for Choicework Moderator Training Workshops held as part of the League for Innovation's Faculty Voices Project. It should be used in conjunction with the Moderator Guide and the video guide.
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2015
This file includes the References list for Expanding Opportunity for All: How Can We Increase Community College Student Completion?
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2015
Expanding Opportunity for All is a Choicework discussion starter produced by Public Agenda for the League for Innovation's Faculty Voices Project. Click here to access the References list for Expanding Opportunity for All.
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This video was created by Public Agenda for Choicework Moderator Training Workshops held as part of the League for Innovation's Faculty Voices Project. It should be used in conjunction with the Moderator Guide and the video guide.
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2015
This video was created by Public Agenda for Choicework Moderator Training Workshops held as part of the League for Innovation's Faculty Voices Project. It should be used in conjunction with the Moderator Guide and the video guide.
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2015
This Choicework Moderator Guide was prepared by Public Agenda and used in disucssion groups held as part of the League for Innovation's Faculty Voices Project. Additional moderator resources, including moderator training tools, are available at www.league.org/projects-facultyvoices.
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2015
This video was created by Public Agenda for Choicework Moderator Training Workshops held as part of the League for Innovation's Faculty Voices Project. It should be used in conjunction with the Moderator Guide and the video guide.
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2015
Several webinars are available on the League's website to assist community college educators who are interested in developing community college degree and certificate programs in public health (generalist and specializations) and health navigation.
Education for Public Health: Accreditation, Learning Pathways, Opportunities, and Credentialing, presented by Donna Petersen, chair of the Framing the Future task force convened by the Association of Schools and Programs of Publich Health
Health Education and Community Colleges: Advancing the Workforce, presented by Elaine Auld, CEO, Society for...
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December
2014
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Scientific progress is the hallmark of a dynamic society and the United States leads the world in scientific discoveries. An important aspect of scientific progress is the education of future scientists. Improvements in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) curricula, particularly changes that engage students in the process of research and discovery, have become a focal point for attracting more students into science. Undergraduate research is a significant strategy for improving undergraduate STEM education.
Community colleges prepare technicians who will become...
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December
2014
Wake Technical Community College (Wake Tech) is the largest of the 58 community colleges in the North Carolina Community College System, enrolling more than 70,000 students a year. It is a two-year, public institution with an open door admissions policy, serving the 1,000,000+ residents of Wake County with five campuses, two training centers, and multiple community sites, and online. It is also one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the United States.
Wake Tech's mission is to improve and enrich lives by meeting the lifelong education, training, and workforce development needs of...
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November
2014
Some might say that the most important part of Tallahassee Community College's (TCC) new Wakulla Environmental Institute (WEI) is already complete. After all, the breathtaking natural spaces that define TCC's recently acquired 158-acre property in rural Wakulla County, Florida, are destined to become the institute's most widely used classrooms. Nevertheless, it was with great excitement that the college broke ground for the institute's first building in April of 2013.
TCC President Jim Murdaugh and WEI Director Bob Ballard—with the help of TCC trustees and local and state dignitaries—...
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November
2014
Two years ago, when online registration opened for fall classes at Johnson County Community College (JCCC), the computer system slowed to a crawl and the telephone lines crashed.
Not the kind of spring morning that anyone wanted at the college, which serves nearly 20,000 students each fall in Overland Park, Kansas, part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
The trouble was the timing. When registration opened at 8:00 a.m., students rushed to sign up for classes at the same time that hundreds of staffers were turning on their computers to start their day. The systems couldn't handle the load....
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November
2014
November
2014
Thanks to a $22,500 grant provided by ExxonMobil Foundation, Midland College (MC) will be able to establish the Midland College Water Monitoring Center, directed by Mr. Greg Larson, faculty member in Biology. Mr. Larson is an authority on water quality in the Pecos River, having worked for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) as a field biologist specializing in this area for 23 years.
ExxonMobil is providing the funding through its 2013 Educational Matching Gift Program. The donation represents a 3-to-1 match of donations made to the Midland College Foundation by ExxonMobil...
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