Innovations

March 16, 2023 Click here to access the webinar recording. Part 1 of our webinar series, ChatGPT and AI's Effect on Community Colleges, was facilitated last week (the link to the recording is here if you missed it). The next webinar in this series will focus on responsible student use cases of Generative AI in the classroom, which is necessary for students to persist through their education and into their careers.  This webinar will cover: (1) how we can help students become responsible and skillful users of Generative AI, (2) new assignment types incorporating the use of Generative AI, (3)...
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November 6, 2024 Click here to access the webinar recording. Academic and socioemotional readiness are crucial for student success in both college and the workforce, but the pandemic has significantly disrupted the development of these capabilities. As a result, many K-12 students are now struggling with foundational math, reading, and socioemotional skills, and these gaps are beginning to affect community colleges. This situation may worsen before it improves, with serious implications for students, the workforce, and communities. To address readiness gaps, higher education institutions,...
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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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October 15, 2025 Click here to access the webinar recording. A persistent challenge for employers is identifying job candidates with the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities for available jobs. Simultaneously, postsecondary education institutions are under increasing pressure to ensure that their graduates possess the skills valued by employers and have positive job outcomes. One strategy to achieve the goal of better aligning college programs with the skills in demand by employers is to integrate industry certifications into academic degree programs.  Industry certifications can be...
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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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