Innovations
December 3, 2020
The pandemic has caused unprecedented turmoil across our nation. Postsecondary education now plays a more important role than ever in fueling economic mobility and recovery, yet learners have encountered disruption across their lives. Enrollment, which typically increases during recessions, is down. Now more than ever community colleges must play a critical role in providing access and fostering social mobility for students. Research has demonstrated that community college students who transfer to four-year universities graduate at faster or the same rates as students who...
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June 4, 2024
This session will teach you how to use AI and a program evaluation system (PES) to increase revenue by picking the right programs to start or grow. PES and AI can also find pockets of opportunity to improve curricular efficiency and reduce cost.
You will learn how to gather, interpret, and make decisions using data on student demand, employer needs, competition, and program economics. We’ll cover processes that include the right people and how you can enable them to reach informed decisions in days, not months.
We'll explore innovative approaches to ongoing program management....
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September 15, 2021
COVID-19 has created an opportunity to reexamine how we support our diverse student population, with equity and access at the forefront of our conversations. The increased use of technology has further impacted the equity gap and it is essential that higher education make learning accessible to all.
How can community colleges continue to provide online support post-pandemic to make sure the needs of all students are being met? Having transitioned to fully online courses and support services during COVID-19, Oakland Community College saw the benefits of offering integrated...
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The John & Suanne Roueche Excellence Awards Program provides a record of the names, titles, and colleges of the 2014 honorees as well as congratulatory messages from their colleagues. The 2018 award recipients were celebrated at the Innovations Conference held March 8-11, 2015, and those who attended received a copy of the Awards Program during the conference's closing ceremony.
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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
Employment Verification
Intake Form
Section VIII
Project Publicity and Donor Recognition
Conference Presentation
Flyer
Media Display
Press Release 1
Press Release 2
Q&A
Rack Card
Section IX
Sample Sustainability Plan
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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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