Innovations

Welcome back to Innovatus, the magazine of the League for Innovation in the Community College. In this issue, readers will Consider the capabilities approach as a way of enabling students to achieve their potential; Reflect on the importance of clearly defining, promoting, and providing the resources to meet an organization’s vision; Learn about an innovative intervention to address food insecurity as a barrier to student success; Explore the implementation of competency-based education in STEM courses to improve learning; And more …
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May 10, 2022 Click here to access the webinar recording and presentation slides. Roundtable for Senior Leaders at Community and Technical Colleges In today’s consumer economy, higher education is on the hook for delivering seamless, personalized experiences while staying true to its educational mission. Unprecedented levels of student disengagement due to the pandemic have made this even harder. In the face of this challenge, innovative community and technical college leaders see an opportunity to reimagine and modernize their student experience. But where should you start? In this two-hour...
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Reimagining the traditional face-to-face, lecture-based instructional model is at the heart of academic transformation in higher education, and faculty development is central to this change. Getting faculty to want to modify how they teach will enable grassroots experimentations to gain traction and inspire systemic change. Yet this process first requires faculty developers to recognize and support the affective dimension of teaching and learning and, in turn, experiment with more human-centered approaches. Expect it to be messy. Recognizing Faculty Culture Creativity and risk-taking in the...
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