Innovations
Karen Marrongelle, Chief Operating Officer, National Science Foundation
Reaching the Missing Millions in STEM: Community Colleges’ Central Role
The science and engineering enterprise faces the same diversity, equity, and inclusion challenges that are present in society. These issues prevent the U.S. from achieving a STEM ecosystem that is representative of the incredible diversity we see in our country, a diversity that is essential to maintaining U.S. global leadership in science and engineering. Strengthening our STEM workforce requires that we address the Missing Millions, the gap between...
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September 14, 2021
This session will provide a holistic view of how to align workforce needs of students, community college programs, and employers, drawing on data collected during the COVID-19 pandemic. We begin with a brief discussion of young adult attitudes and expectations for training opportunity and success, and their perceptions of local labor market opportunities, highlighting survey data collected in 2020-2021. We then present findings from a study of community college offerings and labor market alignment, providing data-driven insights into noncredit program coherence and quality...
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The John & Suanne Roueche Excellence Awards Program provides a record of the names, titles, and colleges of the 2017 honorees as well as congratulatory messages from their colleagues. The 2017 award recipients were celebrated at the Innovations Conference held March 18-21, 2018, and they received a copy of the Awards Program during the conference's closing ceremony.
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June 22, 2022
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Please join us as Flinn-Brown Fellow Erin Carr-Jordan (Chandler) 2013, Managing Director, Digital Equity Institute, hosts a deep dive into Arizona’s focused approach to achieving digital equity, including leveraging technology to connect the under and unconnected and improve process efficiencies. Carr-Jordan will be joined by a panel representing state and national organizations engaged in strategic initiatives to expand access and value and participation through increased connectivity.
Panel members: Mignonne Hollis, Flinn-Brown...
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We’re living through one of the fastest shifts higher education has ever seen. New tools appear every month. New terminology floods every inbox. And here’s something worth knowing: Even the engineers building these systems will tell you that no one fully understands all of this.
That’s not a warning. It’s a relief.
Because if you’re reading this, you’re already doing exactly what matters most—staying curious, staying engaged, and refusing to let the noise drown out the signal.
For community and technical colleges, the stakes feel particularly high. These are institutions that sit closest to...
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2024-2025 Innovation of the Year Award and 2025-2026 League Excellence Award recipients were recognized at the 2026 Innovations Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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