Innovations
With the passing of our dear friend K. Patricia Cross, we reflect upon her ongoing support of community colleges and students. Pat’s dedication to higher education teaching and learning helped to shape the field, with an emphasis on the enhancement and expansion of student learning to improve academic success. According to the K. Patricia Cross Academy, “she has gifted higher education an incredible legacy that has both inspired and enabled thousands of educators to improve both the theory and craft behind their teaching, impacting an entire generation of students in the process,” and we...
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Each of the 12 colleges/college districts participating in the Walmart Brighter Futures 2.0 Project is providing detailed information about the projects in an effort to disseminate promising and best practices. We hope that other colleges can benefit from the experiences of the Walmart Brighter Futures 2.0 colleges and college districts. Please note that the information posted in Toolkit and Resources is based on the 12 independent projects designed by each college/college district.
The Toolkit and Resources for each college/college district include the following: program summary; sample work...
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October 16, 2023
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The world of noncredit is expansive and often not well understood, for students and practitioners alike. This webinar will share recent work out of the Rutgers Education and Employment Research Center that explores the structure and context of noncredit workforce programs, potential markers of quality, and the experiences of students in these programs.
This session is for faculty and administrators who want to understand more about the fast-growing, yet underresearched world of noncredit workforce education. The webinar will explore...
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From 2021 through 2024, the League convened four community colleges in Arizona—a variety of rural, urban, and tribal institutions—to participate in a project focused on improving student connections to wraparound services and the workforce. The project, “Community Colleges and Communities: Collective Impact – Workforce Development with Wraparound Services” was generously funded by the Garcia Family Foundation. The goal of the project was to multiply the effectiveness of community resources in addressing students’ basic needs while connecting students to careers and jobs related to their...
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June 7, 2022
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Hear from community college leaders on the evolution of today’s digital transformation.
The history of EdTech has led us to the doorstep of a new era in which data plays a larger role than ever before. Join a panel of today’s leading community college voices for a tour through EdTech’s evolution to contextualize today’s digital transformation, and plan for what’s next.
In this new era, community college leaders are faced with solving for complex challenges that the pandemic has highlighted, including EdTech tools that don’t work well...
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November 12, 2025
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The first year of college is often the most critical in determining student success and retention. EAB surveyed more than 1,500 first-year college students to better understand their experiences, needs, and expectations. Join this session, co-hosted with the League for Innovation in the Community College, to explore four key insights from this research that illuminate what helps (and hinders) students in their make-or-break year.
You’ll learn how to address students’ concerns about:
Bias and belonging: One in three students has...
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