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Title IX: How It Affects Community Colleges and Students
Kent Seaver July 2015
Volume: 10 Issue: 7
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Every college campus has a feel, an atmosphere, that is all its own. Having spent the last 16 years working in metropolitan community colleges, I have had the opportunity to see all types of students interact with one another in that atmosphere, as well as with faculty and staff from all backgrounds. All students are on campus to learn, and when the learning mission is disrupted, it's important to know two things: why it was interrupted and how the college can stop the interference from reoccurring.
Tags: Student Services, Teaching and Learning, Learning Environments, Student Retention, Innovations
Breaking Down Barriers: First-Generation College Students and College Success
Lauren Falcon June 2015
Volume: 10 Issue: 6
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Graduating high school students across the nation are faced with deciding whether to continue their education or enter the workforce. Many seek higher education in order to improve career opportunities and gain economic prosperity and social mobility (Blackwell & Pinder, 2014). The College Board claims that the average annual income for individuals who have a baccalaureate degree is $53,976. The unemployment rate among these graduates is 4.7 percent, which is lower than the U.S. unemployment rate of 6.7 percent (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2014).
Tags: Innovations
Teaching English Language Learners: Communication Between Home and School
Jennifer Oxier May 2015
Volume: 10 Issue: 5
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When looking at national data about American students who are identified as English language learners (ELL), overlapping definitions from two prominent sources are important to note. The U.S. Census Bureau uses the American Community Survey (2013) to obtain information about factors that disproportionately affect ELL students and their families. The survey compares statistics between "native" and "foreign" households, definitions which are determined by where the householder was born. Not all children whose parents were born outside of the U.S. are identified as ELL.
Tags: Student Services, Teaching and Learning, Learning Environments, Student Retention, Innovations
The Marketing Power of the Church Newsletter
Eric Melcher April 2015
Volume: 10 Issue: 4
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Television, radio, newspapers, and social media; community college marketers use many channels to communicate these days. But perhaps they should be considering a more grassroots approach: the humble church newsletter. Volunteer State Community College (Vol State) administrators learned this lesson thanks to a group of dedicated learners.
Tags: Leadership and Organization, Community Relations, Innovations
Portfolios That Work: A Counseling, Assessment, and Retention Tool
Abdullah O. Johnson March 2015
Volume: 10 Issue: 3
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In fall 2012, I applied for a Learning Challenge Grant to develop and present a hands-on workshop that would introduce a counseling, assessment, and retention tool (CART) system to the Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) department faculty and staff at Sinclair Community College (SCC). After this workshop, the goal was to offer it to the Science, Mathematics, and Engineering (SME) division, then to all SCC faculty. The workshop was requested to:
Tags: Student Services, Teaching and Learning, Assessment and Evaluation, Student Completion, Student Retention, Innovations
Prior Learning and STEM: Ingredients for Student Success
Kent Seaver February 2015
Volume: 10 Issue: 2
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Having spent the last 16 years working in metropolitan community colleges, I have had the opportunity to see all types of students: new-to-college eighteen year olds, fifteen year old non-driving dual credit students, and returning students who would rather not divulge their ages. All bring with them the sum of their life experiences. But one group that brings a set of experiences and skills like no other is returning student veterans.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Student Retention, Teaching Strategies, Innovations
Partners Unite to Build Petroleum Processing Pilot Plant at Del Mar College
Michael Bratten January 2015
Volume: 10 Issue: 1
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An unprecedented public-private partnership is bringing a petroleum processing pilot plant to Del Mar College that will be used to train technicians for well paying careers in burgeoning industries. Essentially a working model of a distillation unit like those at the petrochemical plants and refineries that dot the landscape near the Port of Corpus Christi, the facility arrives during a perfect economic storm.
Tags: Economic Development, Partnerships, Innovations
NSF's Community College Innovation Challenge Participants' Guide
National Science Foundation December 2014
Volume: 9 Issue: 12
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DescriptionScientific progress is the hallmark of a dynamic society and the United States leads the world in scientific discoveries. An important aspect of scientific progress is the education of future scientists. Improvements in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) curricula, particularly changes that engage students in the process of research and discovery, have become a focal point for attracting more students into science. Undergraduate research is a significant strategy for improving undergraduate STEM education.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Learning Resources, Innovations
Kansas College Pushes Self-Service Registration
Diane Carroll November 2014
Volume: 9 Issue: 11
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Two years ago, when online registration opened for fall classes at Johnson County Community College (JCCC), the computer system slowed to a crawl and the telephone lines crashed.Not the kind of spring morning that anyone wanted at the college, which serves nearly 20,000 students each fall in Overland Park, Kansas, part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
Tags: Student Services, Enrollment Services, Innovations
Sierra College STEM Collaborative Releases Literature Review: Should Art Be Added to STEM?
Karen Fraser-Middleton October 2014
Volume: 9 Issue: 10
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To gain insight on how educators can better prepare students for advanced manufacturing and STEM careers, the Sierra College Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) Collaborative engaged Elizabeth Dayton, Ph.D., to conduct a literature review on the value of adding the arts to STEM, making it STEAM.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Programs and Disciplines, Innovations
Electrical Engineer Ariana Hargrave Shares Expertise at Del Mar College
Michael Bratten September 2014
Volume: 9 Issue: 9
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Ask just about anyone associated with the engineering profession and they'll tell you it's traditionally been a man's field. But times are changing, albeit slowly. Women are increasingly finding a place among those who speak the math- and science-heavy language that may as well be Greek to some of us.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Learning Resources, Innovations
An In-Class Interaction Designed to Promote Student Understanding of Monetary Policy
Ribhi Daoud August 2014
Volume: 9 Issue: 8
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The Federal Reserve System conducts monetary policy to help stabilize fluctuations in the economy. It is geared toward altering money supply and interest rates so it can influence decisions pertaining to lending, borrowing, spending, and investing. These decisions have a direct impact on output, income, employment, and inflation rates. Monetary policy uses the following tools:
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teaching Strategies, Innovations
Simplifying Complexity in the Student Experience: A Tool to Help Colleges Devise and Implement Relatively Low-Cost Solutions
Shanna Smith Jaggars, Jeffrey Fletcher July 2014
Volume: 9 Issue: 7
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Community colleges serve a huge variety of students--traditional and nontraditional, daytime and evening, part-time and full-time, as well as career- and academic transfer-oriented. To meet the wide-ranging needs of their student population, they offer a complex variety of programs and courses. This vast range of choices can be confusing for students, and can result in students making unexamined decisions that may waste their time and money or divert them from a promising academic or career path.
Tags: Leadership and Organization, Administrative Services, Innovations
Honoring Innovators and Their Achievements: The 2014 Innovation of the Year Awards
League for Innovation June 2014
Volume: 9 Issue: 6
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Congratulations to the faculty, staff, and administrators who are this year's recipients of the League's Innovation of the Year Award!
Tags: Leadership and Organization, Organizational Culture, Innovations
State Grant Strengthens Del Mar College's Engineering Technology Program
Michael Bratten May 2014
Volume: 9 Issue: 5
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The engineering technology (ET) program at Del Mar College recently received a significant boost with the approval of a grant for $332,267 by the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Advisory Board, chaired by Texas Comptroller Susan Combs. The funds will be used to purchase equipment to train students for high-demand jobs in fields such as automated manufacturing, energy production, and refining.
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Programs and Disciplines, Innovations

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