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Combining a Fifth Year of High School and First Year of College: Creating a Win-Win-Win for Students, School District, and Community College
Deron Fort December 2012
Volume: 7 Issue: 12
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Over the past decade, numerous states have ramped up efforts to improve high school graduation rates and college going rates, particularly for students deemed more likely to fail in these pursuits. As economic opportunities have dwindled and recession has gripped the country, these efforts have taken on increased significance due to a reinvigorated belief that a high school diploma and at least some college credit, if not a college certificate or degree, are critical to an individual's ability to find gainful employment.
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Pioneering Online Science Labs
Vandana Rola, Marigrace Ryan, Shan Huang November 2012
Volume: 7 Issue: 11
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The Pioneering Online Science Labs project exemplifies Sinclair Community College's motto: "Find the need and endeavor to meet it."  Sinclair students expressed a need for fully online degree programs; however, the lack of online science courses prevented the completion of the AA and AS degrees online. The college listened and met the need by developing fully online astronomy and biology lecture and lab courses.
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Exit 7: A New Literary Journal at WKCTC
Tammy Thompson October 2012
Volume: 7 Issue: 10
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Exit 7 off Interstate 24 in Paducah is significant to West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) for more than being the path taken from the highway to get to the campus; it's also the clever name of the college's new literary journal that launched its inaugural issue last spring.
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Community Colleges Creating Brighter Futures for Dislocated Workers
League for Innovation September 2012
Volume: 7 Issue: 9
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The Walmart Brighter Futures Project features a cooperative effort between the Walmart Foundation and a select group of the nation's community colleges led by the League for Innovation in the Community College. The League received a $3.5 million grant from the Walmart Foundation in March 2009 to implement a project involving community colleges across the country for two purposes: to help dislocated workers acquire 21st century job skills and obtain jobs that require those skills; and to increase academic progression, retention, and completion rates for dislocated workers.
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Going Global for Students of Distinction
Mary Beth Furst, Tara Eisenhauer Ebersole, with the Global Distinction Faculty Learning Communities August 2012
Volume: 7 Issue: 8
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The Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) and Howard Community College (HCC) of Maryland have teamed up to create Global Distinction, a new academic enrichment program for students. Global Distinction recognizes students who have pursued a globally intensive curriculum through identified general education courses, world languages, and international experiences.
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The Community College as a Crucible of Innovation
League for Innovation July 2012
Volume: 7 Issue: 7
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Forged from elements of the university and the high school, the community college has become one of the most successful institutional innovations of all time. As it has evolved over the past 100 plus years, the community college has become a crucible of innovation, an innovation spawning innovations.
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2012 Innovation of the Year Award Winners Highlight Community College Initiative and Creativity
League for Innovation June 2012
Volume: 7 Issue: 6
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The League's Innovation of the Year award was initiated to recognize innovations that reflect extraordinary achievement and the spirit of innovation and experimentation in the community college on which the League was founded. The competition provides an opportunity for member colleges to showcase their innovative programs, practices, policies, partnerships, and resources, and to celebrate the dedicated educators who are responsible for such exceptional work.
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College Degree and Career Video Project
William Nast May 2012
Volume: 7 Issue: 5
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Too many times over a 20-year teaching career I have encountered students who tell me their plans of becoming doctors, lawyers, or engineers, but without a full understanding of the preparation required to join a profession. Many high school and college students don't seem to get it: that pursuing some--perhaps even most--careers takes a lot of postsecondary work requiring a great deal of dedication.
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Connect for Success: Matching Teaching and Learning Styles
Celeste Fenton, Brenda Ward Watkins April 2012
Volume: 7 Issue: 4
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Educational institutions feel the imperative to improve retention and graduation rates, and political and corporate interests have amplified the focus on institutional success. The general consensus among policy-makers holds that an indicator of institutional effectiveness is student learning (Erisman, 2009). Fifty-five percent of the nation's 25- to 35-year olds will be degree holders by the year 2025. It is an ambitious challenge and a necessary aspiration to elevate America's status as a world leader in educational attainment among its citizenry.
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Mind Trekkers Science and Engineering Festivals: Inspiring K-12 Students to Explore STEM
Stephen Patchin March 2012
Volume: 7 Issue: 3
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The need for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career pathways is a nationwide issue. Community colleges are addressing this need by developing programs and partnerships that support and encourage students with an interest in STEM fields. In an effort to expose K-12 students to STEM concepts and job options in an engaging, hands-on way, Michigan Technological University scoured the research to find a solution.
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NorQuest College's Centres for Excellence Focus on Business and Industry
Yuri Wuensch February 2012
Volume: 7 Issue: 2
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With the Government of Alberta projecting a labour shortfall of 114,000 workers in the province over the next decade, workplace innovation and collaboration are becoming increasingly important, says NorQuest College's President and CEO. "Alberta's employment landscape is continually changing," says Jodi L. Abbott. "Businesses must adapt to shifting labour demographics and many depend increasingly on immigration to effectively compete."
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Keeping Young Black Males on the Degree Track
Earni Young January 2012
Volume: 7 Issue: 1
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Early in 2010, the College Board issued a report warning that nearly two-thirds of young black male college students fail to successfully traverse the educational pipeline. The report, titled The Educational Crisis Facing Young Men of Color, was a call to action for colleges and universities to close the achievement gap for black males.
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Transforming the Teaching and Learning of Science Using C.R.E.A.T.E.
Sally Hoskins December 2011
Volume: 6 Issue: 12
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We invite community college science faculty to apply for a one-week workshop to learn the C.R.E.A.T.E. teaching strategy: Consider, Read, Elucidate hypotheses, Analyze and interpret data, and Think of the next Experiment.
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Under Secretary Martha J. Kanter to Keynote Innovator Spotlight
League for Innovation August 2011
Volume: 6 Issue: 8
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The League is pleased to announce that Martha J. Kanter will be the keynote speaker for Innovator Spotlight. This online conference features community college programs and practices that have received the League's Innovation of the Year award, which celebrates the spirit of innovation and experimentation upon which the League was founded. The conference will be held February 15, 2012.
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Who You Gonna Call? NOVA's Call Center Improves Customer Satisfaction
Carlene R. Mackereth, Linda Barthelus June 2011
Volume: 6 Issue: 6
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Which comes first at colleges: first-class educational programs or excellent customer service? Administrators at Northern Virginia Community College believe students deserve both.
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