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Aims Community College: College 101
Jody Margheim September 2018 Count all 396
Only 25.9 percent of individuals residing in Aims Community College’s taxing district in Northern Colorado have earned a college degree or credential. In order to assist parents, families, and prospective students who are interested in college, but have no experience with the application process, Aims Community College hosts College 101 for anyone who would like to learn more about going to college. The free one-hour session is held at various locations, including the college campuses, local libraries, and community outreach centers. Dinner is provided.
Tags: Student Services, Access, Community Relations, Innovations
San Diego Miramar College: Revamped Academic Success Center Leads the Way to Greater Student Success
Steve Quis August 2018 Count all 9
San Diego Miramar College is literally tearing down walls for student success. In October of 2017, a construction crew took a hammer to the plaster walls separating the college’s student computing lab—the Independent Learning Center (ILC)—from its tutoring center. The end result is a more encompassing Academic Success Center (ASC) dedicated to student success. “We knocked down the wall so that we could have a continuation of services,” said Donnie Tran, ASC faculty coordinator.
Tags: Student Services, Student Success, Innovations
Tallahassee Community College: Helping Nonprofits Innovate
Carmy Greenwood July 2018 Count all 13
Before Tallahassee Community College (TCC) founded the Institute for Nonprofit Innovation and Excellence, there was no safety net for nonprofits in Florida’s Big Bend region, limited access to specialized training and resources, and no way for nonprofits to speak with a unified voice to local decision makers.
Tags: Community Relations, Partnerships, Innovations
Aims Community College: Future Farmers Learn About Agriculture
Aims Communications June 2018 Count all 529
Students and community members were invited to the Aims Community College Fort Lupton campus to celebrate National Agriculture Day and participate in the Future Farmers of America (FFA) career development event in March 2018.
Tags: Learning and Organization, Community Relations, Workforce Preparation, Innovations
Mesa Community College: Everyone Can Code Project
Linda D. Collins May 2018 Count all 951
Mesa Community College (MCC) was the first college, among six in the nation, selected by Apple to launch the iOS app development project and the first to offer associated courses for academic credit. The college views the Everyone Can Code project as more than a collection of courses. This is a foundation for a successful future for a diverse body of students.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Diversity, Inclusion, Teaching Strategies, Innovations
Portage College: 360 Virtual Recruitment Tool
Jaime Davies April 2018 Count all 10
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a virtual reality (VR) tour must be worth a million. Portage College has seven campus locations throughout northeastern Alberta, a vast rural region in which it is difficult to provide potential students an on-location experience. Since one of the primary ways an individual chooses a college is by visiting it, we decided if students can’t get to us due to distance and travel time, why not bring it to them?
Tags: Student Services, Community Relations, Technology Systems, Innovations
Gateway Community and Technical College: Innovation Spurs Positive Student Outcomes
Amber Decker March 2018 Count all 10
How can the Gateway Community and Technical College best support early childhood education (ECE) students who are balancing work, college, and parenthood? This was the question that the ECE program coordinator was attempting to answer when redesigning the program to boost enrollment, retention, and completion in fall 2015. Sarah Smith, ECE Program Coordinator and faculty member utilized the design thinking process that had been recently introduced to the college during its strategic planning development.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Student Success, Innovations
South Louisiana Community College: First-of-Its-Kind Workforce Collaboration in Louisiana
Christine Payton February 2018 Count all 149
South Louisiana Community College (SLCC), the board of directors for Local Workforce Development Board #40, and area parish presidents are partnering to improve workforce development in the region. The collaboration—a first for a community college in Louisiana—falls under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) enacted in 2014.
Tags: Economic Development, Community Relations, Workforce Preparation, Innovations
Volunteer State Community College: Students Tell Machines What to Do With Mechatronics
Eric Melcher January 2018 Count all 20
Employment analysts say that manufacturing jobs are at risk because of automation. Robots have become the new employees on the line. A research paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (2017) studied the impact of industrial robots in labor markets in the United States. The results show that robots caused up to 670,000 lost manufacturing jobs from 1990 to 2007. A Ball State University study (2017) shows that nearly nine in ten jobs lost since 2000 disappeared due to automation.
Tags: Economic Development, Workforce Preparation, Innovations
Bergen Community College: An Assessment Fellows Program Model
Gail Fernandez, Joanna Campbell, and Jill Rivera December 2017 Count all 16
Assessment is an integral component to refining teaching, support services, and operations. It informs the choices we make and helps us make continuous improvements to our programs and processes. At Bergen Community College (Bergen), the Assessment Fellows Program provides a systematic approach for college faculty and professional staff to assume leadership in collegewide assessment as well as a unique opportunity to ensure quality of assessment plans for the institution.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Assessment and Evaluation, Innovations
Erie Community College: Information Technology Program Honored for Excellence
Michael Farrell November 2017 Count all 16
SUNY Erie Community College’s (ECC) Information Technology Program was recently honored as the Best Tech Team in Non-Profit/Education by InfoTech WNY as part of the organization’s annual Buffalo Emerging Technology Awards Showcase (BETAS) at Buffalo RiverWorks in May 2017.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Community Relations, Technology Services, Innovations
Johnson County Community College: Entrepreneurs Get Their GAME On
Elisa Waldman October 2017 Count all 20
GAME (Growth through Action, Measurement and Engagement) is a workshop series developed by Kansas Small Business Development Center (KSBDC) at Johnson County Community College (JCCC), providing owners of growing businesses the opportunity to work on a strategic plan in a continual, focused, tactical way with the assistance of industry experts, business peers, and Small Business Development Center advisors.
Tags: Economic Development, Partnerships, Innovations
Columbia State Community College: Female Participation in STEM Fields
C. Glenn Hudson, Penelope Kellman, and Andrew G. Wright September 2017 Count all 11
It is a glaring truth. No matter how broad the scientific research or how far academia have reached to date, science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields have been and remain a man’s world. Although there have been some changes in the last few decades, for the most part, women and minorities still face disparities (Office of Science and Technology Policy and Office of Personnel Management, 2016).
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Diversity, Inclusion, Learning Environments, Innovations
Community College of Allegheny County: FireVEST Scholarship Program a Win-Win-Win for Firefighters, Fire Departments, and the County
Margaret Anderson August 2017 Count all 20
Community College of Allegheny County’s Fire Volunteer Education, Service, and Training Scholarship (FireVEST) program is now in its eighth year. More than 330 Allegheny County volunteer firefighters have participated in this recruitment and retention program. These scholarship recipients serve in 136 of the county’s 187 volunteer fire departments.
Tags: Innovations
Norwalk Community College: Linking With Employers to Address Job Shortages
Madeline K. Barillo July 2017 Count all 2761
Today’s employers know that skilled workers don’t grow on trees. Sometimes, you have to grow your own talent. With rapid advances in technology, job titles like Smartphone Application Developer and Patient Care Technician simply didn’t exist a decade ago, so qualified candidates are few.
Tags: Economic Development, Community Relations, Corporate Training, Workforce Preparation, Innovations

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