Community College
The Key to Guided Pathways: You Need to Get Started
Ricky Tompkins | Vice President of Learning and Chief Academic Officer, NorthWest Arkansas Community College Tom ShaverHigher education’s promise is being undercut by low completion rates—especially among less-advantaged Americans who could most benefit from a degree. At the same time, students who are able to earn…
More than Just Degree Completion: The Hard-to-Measure Impact of Community Colleges on the Local Economy
Jacqueline Peña | Former Dean of Faculty, Miami-Dade CollegeHow do community colleges contribute to the economic growth of the communities they serve? How do we measure the impact of those contributions when looking at the local economy? These…
Finding Your Foundation: Establishing Student-Centricity To Support Institutional, Learner and Community Growth
Ed Massey | President, Indian River State College Christina HartStudent-centricity is a defining feature of the postsecondary institution of the future, but for many college and university leaders the concept hasn’t progressed beyond a buzzword. At Indian River State…
How Credential Transparency Can Drive Lifelong Learning Access and Impact
Eleni Papadakis | Executive Director, Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board Marina ParrWith technology rapidly advancing, resulting in occupations enhancing quickly, employees won’t be able to keep pace with the changing requirements of their jobs if they don’t update their skills. Non-degree…
Adopting an Entrepreneurial Mindset: Community Colleges Facing A New Fiscal Norm
Gregory Thomas | President, City Colleges of Chicago – Kennedy-KingIn the wake of the Great Recession, we are seeing a number of paradoxical trends. For example, in an era of declining support for community colleges, there’s higher expectations than…
3+1 Programs Establish Conscious Pathway to Student Transfer and Success
Merodie Hancock | President, Thomas Edison State University David StoutLearners no longer follow a single pathway to credential completion and transfer is becoming an increasingly common method for students to pursue a degree. According to the National Student Clearinghouse,…
Non-Traditional is The New Traditional: How College Presidents Can Drive Institutional Change
Mark Mitsui | President, Portland Community CollegeCommunity and technical colleges have a critical role to play in supporting the transformation to a knowledge-based economy. These institutions are the entry point to postsecondary education for some of…