Innovations

August 29, 2024 Click here to access the webinar recording. Join Packback; the League for Innovation in the Community College; and Miguel Fernandez, a professor at Chandler-Gibert Community College, for the twelfth of our monthly webinar series on Generative AI and its place in education. During this podcast-style session, we will discuss the importance of helping students learn about and become proficient in AI literacy. Fernandez will present some of the groundbreaking approaches he's discovered by leading his department's AI policy initiative and teaching students AI literacy composition....
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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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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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  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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Community College Week Grants and Gifts - November 2013
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June 22, 2022 Click here to access the webinar recording. 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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  Use the instructions provided here to submit the winning Innovation of the Year from your college. Review the award procedure information here (including subpages) prior to entering the submission portal. If you have questions, contact Kelly Dooling.
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  Correction: In the 2017 Survey Final Topline report, for QE21, item 21d was inadvertently omitted. The full item is provided below.
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