Innovations

When looking at national data about American students who are identified as English language learners (ELL), overlapping definitions from two prominent sources are important to note. The U.S. Census Bureau uses the American Community Survey (2013) to obtain information about factors that disproportionately affect ELL students and their families. The survey compares statistics between "native" and "foreign" households, definitions which are determined by where the householder was born. Not all children whose parents were born outside of the U.S. are identified as ELL. However, when...
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April 4, 2024 For most of the 20th century, course placement was designed to be a system to assess student needs and identify the appropriate interventions to support success. Yet research into student success showed that placement wasn't meeting those goals, particularly for students who enrolled in community colleges with the biggest hurdles to overcome. A holistic understanding of student potential – built on powerful research on the role of noncognitive skills such as sense of belonging, goal commitment, and growth mindset – can help colleges better understand student strengths and...
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December 15, 2022 Click here to access the webinar recording. Join EAB and the League for Innovation in the Community College as we share the latest data on community college staffing trends, impacts on students, and strategies for stabilizing campus teams. Since the start of the pandemic, community colleges in the U.S. have lost 12 percent of their workforce, and while staffing levels are beginning to stabilize, colleges are still responding to losing seasoned staff while also facing a workforce that is projected to shrink by millions over the next decade. This webinar will uncover staffing...
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Resources from the Walmart Brighter Futures 2.0 Project Section I Program Summary Section II Sample Work Plan Section III Impact on Individual and Community Section IV Success Stories Section V Challenges and Lessons Learned Section VI Collaborative Partnerships Section VII Project Forms, Documents and Other Materials Certificate Intake Form Syllabus Scholarship Award Letter Transportation Assistance Form Section VIII Project Publicity and Donor Recognition Flyer - Outreach Flyer - Workshop Press Release Promotional Items Promotional Video 1 Promotional Video 2 Section IX Sample...
  Use the downloadable instructions provided above to submit the names of the 2025-2026 League Excellence Award recipients from your college. If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Dooling.
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2022-2023 Innovation of the Year Award and 2023-2024 League Excellence Award recipients were recognized at the 2024 Innovations Conference in Anaheim, California.
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