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Architecture of a Successful Program
Michael Bratten March 2017
Volume: 12 Issue: 3
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A U.S. Navy veteran with 25 years of service, Angela Muhammad is working toward a new career that’s close to her heart: building affordable homes for single parents and the elderly. “I’ve done missionary work and I’ve seen how we have a deficiency in clean, safe, affordable housing,” said Muhammad, 50, a second-year student in Del Mar College’s Architecture/Drafting Technology program. “I’ve always had an interest in how things are built.”
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Workforce Preparation, Innovations
Celebrating Innovation at the Community College With Innovation of the Year Awards
Sherry Sklar February 2017
Volume: 12 Issue: 2
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Congratulations to the 2016 recipients of the League's Innovation of the Year Award!
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Innovations
Need Professional Development, But Have No Money?
Shantell Strickland-Davis and Karen Merriman January 2017
Volume: 12 Issue: 1
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Meeting the demand for quality professional development programming in times of constrained resources created an opportunity for innovative and creative thinking at Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) in Charlotte, North Carolina. Over 1,200 full-time employees at CPCC are required to complete 20 hours of professional development credit annually, and all full- and part-time employees—more than 1,800—must complete a series of three required annual trainings, thus creating a demand for over 60,000 hours of professional development opportunities annually.
Tags: Learning and Organization, Learning Resources, Organizational Culture, Policy and Practice, Innovations
Thinking Outside the Box, Literally
Michael Bratten December 2016
Volume: 11 Issue: 12
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Bob Klepac is breaking down the notion that architecture means four walls and a roof. For example, he told a Del Mar College class one morning last summer that one of his former students is designing a meal tray for passenger jets at Boeing. “He’s making over $120,000 a year doing that,” he said.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Community Relations, Learning Environments, Partnerships, Workforce Preparation, Innovations
Dual Enrollment in Science: Paving the Way for College STEM Degrees
David May, Christine Barrow, Michelle Klein, and Felicia Martin Latief November 2016
Volume: 11 Issue: 11
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To address the representation gap in the sciences, a partnership of institutions implemented two different early college/dual enrollment courses for high school students as part of a larger project. One program was a concurrent (in-school) enrollment program, and the other was a summer residential program. Each program ran for five years, and all of them successfully prepared students for college STEM. Many students entered STEM programs in college, and 80 percent of them are still there today.
Tags: Learning and Organization, Access, College Readiness, Diversity, Partnerships, Student Retention, Innovations
Nashville Area College Launches Cyber Defense Degree Program
Eric Melcher October 2016
Volume: 11 Issue: 10
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The computer hacking of major corporations, government offices, and banks is a growing threat. Dozens of high profile cases in the news recently highlight the issue, but there is a solution: cyber defense. Companies across the world are expanding and refining their security systems. Volunteer State Community College (Vol State) in Gallatin, Tennessee, is responding to the need for cyber defense expertise with a new degree concentration as part of a rapidly growing realm of information technology education being offered at the college.
Tags: Economic Development, Learning Environments, Student Success, Technology Systems, Workforce Preparation, Innovations
Supporting Student Engagement and Recognizing Learning With Digital Badges
Veronica Diaz September 2016
Volume: 11 Issue: 9
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As higher education evolves to accommodate new forms of learning and new workforce needs, skills are being assessed across an ever-widening range of activities within the learning landscape. Campus-based and online degree programs; professional certificates; competency-based education; open online courses; professional development initiatives; cocurricular and extracurricular activities; and programs in service learning, information literacy, and entrepreneurship are just some of the higher education settings in which competencies worth recognizing are demonstrated or observed.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Assessment and Evaluation, Programs and Practices, Innovations
SnowFit: An Innovative Approach to Employee Health and Wellness
Lurlynn L. Potter and MarKay Gold August 2016
Volume: 11 Issue: 8
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Many studies have shown over the years, and leave little room for doubt, that increases in risk factors such as negative personal health practices (e.g., unhealthy eating, lack of exercise, sleep deprivation, drinking, smoking, coping with high levels of stress) have a direct correlation on workplace environment, productivity, absenteeism, and associated health care costs to a company (Shane & Kramer, 2004).
Tags: Community Relations, Organizational Culture, Innovations
Next-Level Benchmarking: How Do You Measure Up?
Leah Lang July 2016
Volume: 11 Issue: 7
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How can a college or university apply the tools in the EDUCAUSE Core Data Service and EDUCAUSE Benchmarking Service to achieve its goals? One example steps through a college CIO's process in using analytics to evaluate their context and support a new initiative to improve their standing among peer institutions.
Tags: Institutional Research, Technology Services, Technology Systems, Innovations
Barriers to Academic Success: A Qualitative Study of African American and Latino Male Students
Nina L. Dulabaum June 2016
Volume: 11 Issue: 6
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Students of color, males in particular, face significant challenges in higher education. African American male students, on average, are less successful than other racial/ethnic groups, including African American women. Compared to Asian/Pacific Islander or White/Non-Hispanic students, they are less likely to succeed in both developmental and college-level coursework and are more likely to drop out. Latino students are the least likely of all racial/ethnic groups to transfer. African American students and Latino males have the lowest persistence rates (Elgin Community College, 2010).
Tags: Innovations
Incarceration to Graduation: Helping Men of Color Transition from the Criminal Justice System to Higher Education
Nesha Savage May 2016
Volume: 11 Issue: 5
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A number of promising interventions have potential to benefit previously incarcerated young men of color (Wimer & Bloom, 2014). Several studies have shown that proactive programs that help young men of color connect to and progress through postsecondary education and training, as well as interventions that focus on emotional well-being and interpersonal problem-solving, lead to lower rates of recidivism, higher completion rates, and greater levels of employment (Patel & Valenzuela, 2013; Scrivener & Weiss, 2013; Heller, Pollack, Ander, & Ludwig, 2013).
Tags: Student Services, Diversity, Student Retention, Innovations
Criminal Justice Technology Flies Into Volunteer State Community College Curriculum
Eric Melcher April 2016
Volume: 11 Issue: 4
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A drone zips through the air at up to 35 miles an hour, sounding a bit like a lawn trimmer, far above the Volunteer State Community College (Vol State) campus in Gallatin, Tennessee. Criminal Justice director, Kevin Cook, is giving students a hands-on example of how the technology could be used by the good guys and the bad guys.
Tags: Innovations
Sierra College Manufacturing Student Starts Up His Future at Maker Space
Karen Fraser-Middleton March 2016
Volume: 11 Issue: 3
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Tyler Hill, a Sierra College Electro Mechanical Engineering major from Lincoln, CA, got a job working for NCR Corporation in part because of his participation in the Hacker Lab Startup Hustle, a boot camp for entrepreneurs held in fall 2015. Students and Sacramento area entrepreneurs are encouraged to apply for the next Startup Hustle by March 17.
Tags: Economic Development, Workforce Preparation, Innovations
Degree Disenchantment: Quest for Job Security and Lucrative Pay Drives Bachelor’s Degree Holders to Del Mar College
Michael Bratten February 2016
Volume: 11 Issue: 2
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A bachelor’s degree in criminal justice paved the way for Leticia Cervantes to become a licensed private investigator. But after a few years in the business, usually checking on unfaithful spouses for local attorneys, she craved a more reliable income and regular work hours. Her solution: Go back to school and learn cosmetology.
Tags: Economic Development, Workforce Preparation, Innovations
Changes in the American High School to Promote College Readiness, Increase Degree Obtainment, and Meet Workforce Demands
Steven Reed January 2016
Volume: 11 Issue: 1
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American College Testing, with over fifty years of college readiness research, defines college readiness as students having “a 50% chance of obtaining a B or higher or about a 75% chance of obtaining a C or higher in the corresponding credit-bearing college courses, which include English Composition, Algebra, Social Science and Biology” (ACT, 2012, p. 3). Unfortunately, the majority of students graduating from high school are not college ready, and the need for improvement in the American high school educational structure is clear.
Tags: Learning and Organization, Programs and Practices, Student Retention, Innovations

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