Innovations
May 7, 2024
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While many community colleges are still battling enrollment declines, specifically among students who have been historically underserved, some colleges have defied the odds and experienced marked growth. What are their secrets to success? Join this strategic discussion with City Colleges of Chicago and Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology to learn how both colleges grew enrollment over the past year.
Alongside experts from EAB and the League for Innovation, the panel will address:
Key initiatives and strategies...
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Community Colleges Creating Brighter Futures for Dislocated Workers is the final report for the Walmart Brighter Futures 1.0 Project, a cooperative effort between the Walmart Foundation and a select group of the nation’s community colleges led by the League for Innovation in the Community College.
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2021-2022 Innovation of the Year Award and 2022-2023 League Excellence Award recipients were recognized at the 2023 Innovations Conference in Tempe, Arizona.
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October 15, 2025
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A persistent challenge for employers is identifying job candidates with the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities for available jobs. Simultaneously, postsecondary education institutions are under increasing pressure to ensure that their graduates possess the skills valued by employers and have positive job outcomes. One strategy to achieve the goal of better aligning college programs with the skills in demand by employers is to integrate industry certifications into academic degree programs. Industry certifications can be...
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April 21, 2021
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How has the shift to virtual recruiting impacted the way employers connect with community colleges? Join us for a conversation with career education and talent acquisition leaders on how the shift to virtual has impacted the way employers connect with community colleges to increase student access to opportunity. This conversation will feature Robert Simmons, Campus Recruiting Lead at Dell Technologies, Sandy McKnight, Associate VP of Access, Learning, and Success at Cuyahoga Community College District, Rufus Glasper, President...
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After a challenging few years, community colleges celebrated a comeback in 2024 with notable gains in enrollment, retention, and persistence rates. Enrollment has increased by over 4 percent, freshman enrollment is up over 6 percent, and dual enrollment continues to grow (National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, 2024). Retention and persistence rates are back to pre-pandemic levels, with students under the age of 24 showing modest increases in these areas (National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, 2024).
These successes are worth celebrating, especially as students and...
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