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Johnson County Community College: Two Kansas Community Colleges Partner to Offer Expanded Culinary Training
Chris Gray October 2021 Count all 29
Johnson County Community College (JCCC) has partnered with Butler Community College (BCC) to offer expanded training in culinary arts. This opportunity allows JCCC to extend the benefits of its Chef Apprenticeship program to more Kansas students. In turn, the collaboration strengthens state and local workforce opportunities.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Access, Partnerships, Student Completion, Innovations
Mesa Community College: Thunderbird Tech Studio Builds Competency and Supports Student Success in a Virtual World
Dawn Zimmer September 2021 Count all 89
At Mesa Community College’s Thunderbird Tech Studio, students can receive one-on-one guidance and tutoring for using and mastering technology that supports their academic learning. The Tech Studio team provides support for common college-supported technology tools such as Windows and Mac operating systems, Microsoft Office, Google Drive Suite, Canvas, and other systems.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Learning Resources, Technology Services, Innovations
Polk State College: National Hispanic-Serving Institution Designation
Angela Garcia Falconetti and Madison Fantozzi August 2021 Count all 146
The Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities (HACU) recently designated Polk State College as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), as the college’s Hispanic student population has reached 26 percent and continues to grow. Additionally, Polk State is now eligible for Title V and HSI STEM federal grant funds that support institutions that enroll large proportions of minority and financially disadvantaged students. The college will apply for these funds through the U.S Department of Education to further support students.
Tags: Resource Development, Student Services, Community Relations, Diversity, Innovations
Rio Salado College: Presidents Forum Reforms Higher Education and Resolves U.S. Crises
Annette Flores July 2021 Count all 206
To help higher education meet the demands of a diverse generation of students, an ever-changing workforce, and multiple crises affecting the U.S., Rio Salado College is partnering with the Presidents Forum on a new call to action—the Learners First Framework.
Tags: Leadership and Organization, Innovations
Tulsa Community College: Collaboration Invigorates Faculty Development
Jennifer Campbell, Kristopher Copeland, and Cindy Shanks June 2021 Count all 157
Like other higher education institutions across the U.S. and beyond, Tulsa Community College (TCC) shifted to an online-only modality in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Approximately 48 percent of TCC’s faculty did not have previous online teaching training or certification. Not surprisingly, this quick pivot to remote teaching and learning created an immediate need for faculty training.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teaching Strategies, Innovations
Kentucky Community and Technical College System: Boot Camp for Hybrid Course Design
Juli Gatling Book and Leah Parsons Simpson May 2021 Count all 14
The Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) Office of Online Learning developed a Boot Camp for hybrid course design meant to help faculty with little to no experience in an online setting to rapidly design hybrid courses. KCTCS Online shared an open access version of this training for use at other institutions for the first time at the department’s “Free PD: Come for the Free, Stay for the Why” session at the 2021 Innovations Conference.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Learning Environments, Learning Resources, Teaching Strategies, Innovations
Johnson County Community College: Partnership Steers ESL Students Toward High-Demand Jobs in Trucking
Kristi Stanley April 2021 Count all 49
A unique partnership between Johnson County Community College’s (JCCC) Continuing Education Transportation program and Johnson County Adult Education’s (JCAE) Literacy program puts newly trained truck drivers on the road to success. The initiative helps non-native English speakers in Johnson County obtain workforce skills in truck driving. Chris Specht, former Program Coordinator of Accelerating Opportunity: Kansas at JCCC, began laying the groundwork in 2017. Thanks to the combined effort of many at the college, the program officially launched in summer 2020.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Diversity, Inclusion, Workforce Preparation, Innovations
Indian River State College: Campus Infrastructure Improvement Partnership to Reduce Water Use and Carbon Footprint
Suzanne Seldes March 2021 Count all 14
Indian River State College (IRSC) and Honeywell have launched a comprehensive infrastructure improvement project designed to increase energy efficiency across all five of IRSC’s campuses through a series of building upgrades.
Tags: Organizational Culture, Partnerships, Sustainability, Innovations
Hennepin Technical College: Research on Student Persistence Prompts Action
Jessica Lauritsen February 2021 Count all 8
If you ask faculty at Hennepin Technical College (HTC) to describe their students, most will use the word “resilient.” Many HTC students must overcome tremendous obstacles in their lives to pursue their education goals. The majority of the HTC student population is economically fragile, including students of color and low-income, first-generation, and adult students.
Tags: Innovations
Rio Salado College: Expanding Services to Students in Prison
Annette Flores January 2021 Count all 202
Rio Salado College is one of 67 postsecondary institutions to be included in an expansion of the U.S. Department of Education’s Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative. One-hundred and thirty colleges in 42 states and the District of Columbia will now be involved in this initiative, which provides need-based Pell grants for people incarcerated in state and federal prisons to pursue higher learning.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Access, Inclusion, Learning Environments, Innovations
Dallas College: Reviving the Restaurant Industry During a Time of Crisis
Malcolm Hornsby December 2020 Count all 17
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the bars, cafés, and eateries we so casually take for granted have been forced to close or drastically alter the way they conduct business. Stories of restaurant employees being furloughed, or worse, laid off completely, have been too numerous to count. And then there is the bleak reality of what the future may hold for the restaurant and hospitality industry’s new normal. According to a recent study by the Independent Restaurant Coalition (Amel et al., 2020), 85 percent of independent restaurants could permanently close by the end of this year.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Community Relations, Corporate Training, Partnerships, Innovations
Rio Salado College: Founding Member of College Innovation Network Helps to Guide EdTech Student Success Pilot Program
Annette Flores November 2020 Count all 14
The College Innovation Network (CIN) announced on August 4, 2020, the names of higher education organizations which will serve as founding partners in its pilot year, including Rio Salado College. CIN was launched in the spring by WGU Labs, Inc., with support from the Charles Koch Foundation, and is designed to connect leaders from colleges and universities with educational technology (EdTech) innovators to advance students’ academic, career, and life outcomes.
Tags: Learning and Organization, Innovations
Community College of Allegheny County: Give Honors A Try! Program Expands Opportunity for Academic and Personal Enrichment
Margaret Anderson October 2020 Count all 12
The Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) Honors Council is offering a new pilot program called Give Honors A Try! The program permits non-honors students who meet certain criteria to take honors courses and engage in honors-related activities. Each year, CCAC’s Honors Program provides a myriad of opportunities for scholastically minded students to develop leadership skills and to participate in a variety of conferences and community service projects that foster academic and personal enrichment.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Diversity, Inclusion, Learning Environments, Innovations
Indian River State College: LASER-TEC Center Develops Photonics Education Kits to Support Remote Learning for Students Nationwide
Robert Lane September 2020 Count all 17
Founded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2013, the Center for Laser and Fiber Optics Education (LASER-TEC) faced a new challenge as the spread of COVID-19 impacted LASER-TEC institutions. Headquartered at Indian River State College (IRSC) in Fort Pierce, Florida, LASER-TEC is comprised of colleges, universities, high schools and technical centers, trade associations, and laser and fiber optics companies throughout the United States. The center’s mission is to develop and sustain a strong technical workforce in lasers and fiber optics nationwide.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Access, Learning Resources, Innovations
Northwest Arkansas Community College: Child Advocacy Studies Program Sends Students Into the Workforce as Seasoned Professionals
Stephanie Morris August 2020 Count all 12
Somewhere in the United States today, six-year-old Shelby musters enough courage to report physical abuse to a school counselor. The counselor, who has good intentions but is not well trained in best practices for responding to child maltreatment, calls Shelby’s parents to talk about the allegations. The parents promptly deny the child’s assertions and explain away Shelby’s bruises as a fall down the stairs.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Learning Environments, Teaching Strategies, Workforce Preparation, Innovations

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