Community Colleges

Community Colleges
City College students stand with their arms crossed behind their classroom desks, wearing puffy jackets and masks to a night class.
Mar 17, 2023
City College of San Francisco students, faculty and staff members are fed up with cold classrooms. Trustees called on administrators to address long-neglected maintenance issues and aging heating systems after some campus buildings went months without heat.
Oct 29, 2019
The tech company is looking for different ways to fill “new-collar” jobs in its 360,000-employee workforce by adding digital badges and apprenticeships and deepening partnerships with community colleges.

Surveys

Student transfer is an increasing priority for officials at two- and four-year colleges alike, but they blame each other for flaws in the process. Experts want them to focus on the students' needs.

Booklets

"Guiding Students to Success at Community Colleges" is Inside Higher Ed's new print-on-demand compilation of articles.

A copy of the booklet is available for download here, free.

We invite you to sign up here for a free webcast on the themes of the booklet on Thursday, Aug. 22, at 2 p.m. Eastern.

This compilation was made possible in part by the support of Ellucian.

 

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November 9, 2021
Long Beach City College created designated parking on campus where unhoused students can sleep safely in their cars overnight. Some observers worry the plan is shortsighted and sends the wrong message.
November 4, 2021
Higher education’s response to the pandemic has spurred four long-lasting positive changes on community college and other campuses, writes Michael A. Baston.
October 26, 2021
A community college newspaper, which served as a pipeline to media jobs for students, struggles amid a pandemic and enrollment declines.
October 25, 2021
Enrollment rates at community colleges continue to plummet across the country as administrators seek solutions to stanch the outward flow of students.
October 18, 2021
Community college leaders celebrated new legislation allowing their institutions to offer more four-year degrees. The measure is also a win for the national community college baccalaureate movement.
October 12, 2021
The California law promises to streamline the transfer process for community college students. College leaders and faculty members are skeptical.
October 8, 2021
A new report examines how much control community colleges have over former students’ wages and their ability to pay off loans postcollege.
October 4, 2021
Chancellor Bryan Reece was reinstated by the Contra Costa Community College Governing Board. He was put on administrative leave amid a tumultuous year for the district.
September 29, 2021
Battered by enrollment declines and lost academic momentum among low-income students, colleges across the country are ramping up their off-campus outreach efforts in the wake of the pandemic.
September 21, 2021
Jill Biden, the first lady, returned to the classroom this fall as a community college professor. Community college leaders see the move as emblematic of a new national moment for their institutions. 

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