Innovations
After a challenging few years, community colleges celebrated a comeback in 2024 with notable gains in enrollment, retention, and persistence rates. Enrollment has increased by over 4 percent, freshman enrollment is up over 6 percent, and dual enrollment continues to grow (National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, 2024). Retention and persistence rates are back to pre-pandemic levels, with students under the age of 24 showing modest increases in these areas (National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, 2024).
These successes are worth celebrating, especially as students and...
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The John & Suanne Roueche Excellence Awards Program provides a record of the names, titles, and colleges of the 2015 honorees. It also features congratulatory announcements from League member colleges. Conference participants receive a copy of the Awards program during the Innovations Conference closing ceremony.
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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
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The 2026 Innovations Conference Group Registration Instructions above are available for download.
Group Registration
Member colleges* qualify for an additional 20% registration discount when at least five (5) participants from the same member institution are registered in a single transaction.
*League membership must be up to date at the time of the conference in order for participants to receive member discounts.
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In order to take advantage of the member college group discount,* please:
Download the League account creation spreadsheet (see above);
Fill out and check all required information for at least five (5) participants from your institution; and
Email the completed spreadsheet to Robin Piccirilli.
*Member colleges qualify for an additional 20% registration discount when at least five (5) participants from the same member institution are registered in a single transaction.
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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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March 30, 2023
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During this session, we’ll discuss how AI text detection works and how we can better prevent misuse of generative AI for writing assignments. Furthermore, we’ll discuss best practices when navigating student interventions after AI text detection.
Hosts: Kelsey Behringer, COO, Packback, and Dr. Rufus Glasper, President and CEO, League for Innovation in the Community College
Sessions in this series:
ChatGPT and AI’s Effect on Community Colleges (hosted on March 2)
Community Colleges Evolving Alongside ChatGPT and AI – Hosted on March...
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