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Arapahoe Community College: Health Innovation Center Expands Critical Programming to Address Growing Needs
Jeff Duggan February 2025 Count all 8
Arapahoe Community College (ACC) celebrated the completion of Phase 1 of its Health Innovation Center in October 2024 with healthcare and education partners, state and county officials, donors, civic leaders, and ACC students and employees. The Center’s simulated education spaces are used across ACC’s healthcare programs to improve functional collaboration between disciplines while preparing students to better serve patients.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Learning Environments, Programs and Practices, Workforce Preparation, Innovations
Seattle Colleges: Seattle Promise and the Path to UW Program
Cedric B. Howard January 2025 Count all 13
The Seattle Promise Initiative, a pioneering program launched by the City of Seattle, aims to ensure that all public high school graduates in Seattle have access to higher education without the financial burden of tuition. An innovative component of this initiative is the Path to UW program, a collaboration between the Seattle Department of Education and Early Learning, Seattle Colleges, and University of Washington (UW). The program provides targeted support to Seattle Promise students as they transfer from community colleges to one of the most competitive universities in the nation.
Tags: Student Services, Access, College Readiness, Diversity, Partnerships, Innovations
St. Louis Community College: Housing Insecurity Program Helps Students Pay the Rent
Christine Davis December 2024 Count all 14
When St. Louis resident Bobbie Simmons enrolled at St. Louis Community College (STLCC) to study medical coding, it seemed like she was finally on the path to a rewarding career in a high-demand field. Then a serious health issue set her back, threatening her ability to maintain a dependable source of income for rent. “It was hard focusing on my schoolwork when I didn’t know if I’d have a roof over my head,” said Simmons. Her story is not unique; many students at STLCC face similar challenges.
Tags: Student Services, Access, Diversity, Student Retention, Innovations
Moraine Valley Community College: Partnering With the Greer Foundation to Increase Underrepresented Students in STEM Programs
Jessica Crotty November 2024 Count all 12
Incoming first-year students at Moraine Valley Community College who are interested in pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) have an opportunity to participate in the Greer Scholars Program, which seeks to diversify STEM careers by funding and supporting students who are underrepresented in these fields.
Tags: Student Services, Access, Diversity, Partnerships, Innovations
Chandler-Gilbert Community College: Innovative Program Encourages Kids to Consider College
Lisha Dunlap October 2024 Count all 376
Chandler-Gilbert Community College’s (CGCC) Title V and Enrollment Services teams offered a career exploration curriculum for ICAN youth in summer 2024. ICAN is a free, local program that provides K-12 students in Phoenix, Arizona’s East Valley with programs for educational development.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Access, Programs and Practices, Innovations
Delta College: Transfer Pathways to Improve Community College Student Success
David P. Hopkins and Emily Clement October 2024 Count all 15
Transfer students represent approximately 35 percent of Delta College’s student population (Delta College, n.d.). According to the college’s Institutional Research department (Kevin Hobart, August 14, 2024, personal communication), from 2014 to 2019, 2,796 Delta College students completed an associate’s degree program; 1,851 of those students transferred to a four-year institution and 1,357 completed a bachelor’s degree at their transfer institution.
Tags: Student Services, Organizational Culture, Student Completion, Innovations
Austin Community College District: Pioneering Proactive Change Management in Higher Education for Enhanced Student Success
Monique Umphrey September 2024 Count all 17
Transform_ED is a year-long Austin Community College District (ACC) research initiative and plan to anticipate and address future changes in higher education. The purpose of the research is to “analyze how external factors may impact future programmatic growth and student success at ACC to inform strategic positioning and decision-making" (Austin Community College District, n.d., Mission).
Tags: Learning and Organization, Institutional Research, Innovations
Sinclair Community College: Ohio Great Minds Fellowship for Behavioral Health Career Expansion
Jenny McDermott August 2024 Count all 13
The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OMHAS) found a 353 percent increase in demand for behavioral health treatment between 2013 and 2019 (Hernandez & Lampl, 2021). Additionally, 2.4 million Ohioans live in communities that lack adequate behavioral health professionals (Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addition Services, 2023). In response to this crisis, a collaboration was formed between OMHAS and the Ohio Departments of Higher Education and Medicaid.
Tags: Student Services, Access, Partnerships, Workforce Preparation, Innovations
Santa Fe College: An Innovative Multigenerational Approach to Enhance Learning Opportunities
Jen Homard July 2024 Count all 976
In November 2021, 16 unemployed or underemployed individuals began their journey toward bettering their lives and those of their families by becoming the first cohort to participate in Santa Fe College’s (SF) new Achieve, Conquer, Believe and Excel (ACB Excel) program. ACB Excel’s mission is to empower members of the SF community who want to break the cycle of poverty, but need the financial and emotional support to do so. The concept for this program stemmed from conversations that the college’s president, Dr.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Access, Community Relations, Partnerships, Programs and Practices, Workforce Preparation, Innovations
Community College of Baltimore County: Supporting Professional Learning With In-House Academic Journal and Journal Club
Robin Minor and Dallas Dolan June 2024 Count all 25
Valuing faculty and staff development as an essential component to enhancing student success, Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) has developed a twofold approach to supporting pedagogical inquiry and learning. First, the college founded an academic journal, Teaching and Learning Excellence through Scholarship (TALES), as a mechanism to encourage faculty engagement in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL).
Tags: Innovations
Foothill-De Anza Community College District: A Creative Approach to Increasing Access to Internships
Miloni Gandhi May 2024 Count all 18
In 2019, Foothill College Workforce Development nurtured an idea: What if we could remove one of the biggest barriers students face when entering the workforce with a low-stakes opportunity to gain experience and an internship? Students want to work, but industry professionals want to hire those who already have experience. The flip side of this scenario is that companies won’t hire those without experience and students can’t gain experience if no one will hire them.
Tags: Innovations
Jackson College: Providing Holistic Support Through an Inclusive Resource Hub
Jamie Vandenburgh and Marilynn Fryer April 2024 Count all 15
Jackson College has been committed to providing excellent education and support to its students for over 95 years. In today's fast-paced world, college students' requirements and needs are evolving. To address these needs, Jackson College has initiated a pilot program called Harriet's Hub, which serves as a one-stop student resource center.
Tags: Student Services, Access, Partnerships, Student Retention, Innovations
Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning: Creating Equitable Knowledge Mobilization Between the Global South and North
Gina Antonacci March 2024 Count all 11
In 2022, Humber College launched the Bhutan Education and Skills Training (BEST) project, a five-year, $4.8 million (CND) initiative funded through the Government of Canada to support the reformation of the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) system in Bhutan’s technical training institutions. The project unites Humber College, Bhutan’s Ministry of Education and Skills Development, 10 national TVET institutions across Bhutan, the private sector, and local civil society organizations.
Tags: Learning and Organization, Teaching and Learning, Community Relations, Equity, Programs and Practices, Teaching Strategies, Innovations
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology: Teaching Innovators Programme Creates New Approaches to Learning
Jim Szautner February 2024 Count all 11
At Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), we are leaders in applied education; we centre technology in our teaching and programming to equip our graduates with skills to be the problem-solvers of tomorrow. In fall 2023, SAIT welcomed Dr. Bill Rankin as Expert in Residence to facilitate the development of innovative teaching and learning approaches through the integration of new and emerging technologies. Through his Teaching Innovators Programme, Rankin will work with SAIT instructors to push the limits of technology integration in their own pedagogy.
Tags: Learning and Organization, Teaching and Learning, Innovations
Johnson County Community College: Supporting Faculty to Meet Learner Needs
Farrell Hoy Jenab January 2024 Count all 133
With a focus on accessibility, diversity, and job-relevant education, community colleges are well-positioned to address the evolving needs of students and the workforce. Within the broader field of higher education, community colleges can serve as laboratories for experimentation in pedagogy and curriculum while providing affordable and high-quality education (Hadzi-Antich, 2023).
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Access, Diversity, Teaching Strategies, Innovations

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