Innovations

September 28, 2021 Click here to access the webinar recording. Work and education are often disconnected. Many learners finish college or other programs with a skillset that no longer matches market demands and unprepared for the world of work. Colleges and universities are expected to be engines of economic mobility. And yet, postsecondary education doesn’t always deliver on its promise of a good job and rewarding career. Work-based learning, such as internships, apprenticeships, and employer projects, solves for that by helping students to develop career-relevant skills and apply their...
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The 2023 League Awards Program honors 2022-2023 Innovation of the Year Award winners and 2023-2024 Excellence Award recipients, and includes congratulatory messages from their colleges.
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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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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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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 Intake Form Student Tracking Section VIII Project Publicity and Donor Recognition Flyer Information Card Marketing Examples Press Release Section IX Sample Sustainability Plan
July 27, 2023 Click here to access the webinar recording. Join us for a dynamic workshop facilitated by Packback and the League for Innovation in the Community College, where educators and administrators come together to explore the role of AI in education and craft effective AI policies. Discover existing AI policies, reflect on your institution's approach, and develop strategies to empower your students' use of AI. If you sign up for this session, please make sure you come prepared with these two things: A ChatGPT account (sign up here) If applicable, your institution’s or department’s...
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