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It is this quality experience that learners courting and attending our community colleges expect to receive, and failure to provide will lead to continuous declines in enrollment and confidence in higher education. Interestingly, at the Community College of Aurora, over 40% of our learners identify as adult learners.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Over half of Asian students and nearly 40% of white students earn a college degree within eight years of high school graduation, while less than 20% of low-income, Black, or Latinx students reach the same milestone. These gaps persist across California's entire higher education system, from community colleges to the University of California.

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MARCH 19, 2025

Historically Black and Predominantly Black community colleges across the South received an unprecedented $2.7 From 2020 to 2022, the federal government distributed nearly $80 billion to higher education institutions through three rounds of HEERF funding, with community colleges receiving $25 billion of that total.

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MARCH 13, 2025

Larry Galizio, President & CEO of the Community College League of California. California's community colleges find themselves caught in a 60-year-old funding constraint that increasingly hampers their ability to serve todays students, according to a new report from the Community College League of California.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The recent Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies report on the steep enrollment declines of Black male students at community colleges is a stark reminder that our sector must accelerate the crucial work to ensure the academic success of Black male students.

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DECEMBER 16, 2024

Mississippi Delta Community College has named Dr. Steven J. Jones as the tenth president of the college. Dr. Steven Jones Jones currently serves as Vice President of Administrative and Student Services at the College located in the city of Moorhead. A native of Taylorsville, MS.,

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

“When I first met with my advisor, I was excited to dive into my program,” says Maria, a first-generation community college student. But when I realized there was no pre-college math course to take, I panicked. As Black community college presidents leading this work in California, these challenges are personal to us.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

When it comes to equity in higher education, Dr. Tammeil Gilkerson has been a leader. Her work around students’ basic needs, supporting undocumented and mixed-status students, and achieving social justice through focused racial equity efforts has made her a rising star in community college leadership.

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MARCH 8, 2023

The City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) have made a pledge for educational equity, and institutional and organizational partnerships will help make that pledge a reality. The seven community colleges in the CCC system currently have a 30% completion rate for Black students and 33% completion rate for Latinx students.

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DECEMBER 8, 2024

Supreme Court struck down race-consciousness in college admissions upending four decades of precedent and reshaping the landscape of higher education (Edelman, 2023, par. The presentation drew upon a study by Smalls (2023) focused on the experiences of African American community college trustees. Recommendations follow.

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

Over the last two decades, our nation’s community colleges have received increasing recognition, and for good reason. Community college students are more likely to be Black, Hispanic, and from lower-income backgrounds than four-year students. Why should new reform efforts focus on leadership?

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MARCH 28, 2024

It was a devastating blow to the college. The school ultimately became a satellite campus of the El Camino Community College District in 2006 but has since regained its accreditation and its independence. He’s a real-life Equity Avenger, grinding 24/7 against injustice and setting an example for us all,” she says.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Sáenz says Burmicky came to UT Austin already an experienced higher education practitioner who wanted to do research on problems of practice with an equity lens. Most of our institutions, particularly minority serving institutions and community colleges, are fighting for resources,” Burmicky says. “A

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

Success for all students in higher education cannot simply be achieved with a “one-size-fits-all approach,” according to a new equity toolkit from Achieving the Dream (ATD). Equity is everyone's job at an institution,” said Francesca Carpenter, director of equity initiatives at ATD and contributor to the toolkit. “S

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Chanelle Whittaker has been appointed vice president for equity, culture, and talent at Prince George’s Community College (PGCC) located in Maryland. Chanelle Whittaker “I am extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to be a part of the Prince George's Community College family,” Whittaker said. “My

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APRIL 20, 2025

From the rise of anti-DEI rhetoric to the elimination of critical educator preparation grants and the erosion of support for education research at the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the pattern is clear: dismantle the very systems designed to ensure equity and opportunity in education. But they cannot thrive without public investment.

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APRIL 5, 2024

It’s not an everyday occurrence when a community college leader gets a phone call telling them their institution will receive an influx of funding in the millions. when MacKenzie Scott, one of the richest women in the world, decided to make a major investment in community colleges.

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JUNE 9, 2023

Oregon is changing how $550 million-plus in annual local and state taxpayer funding will be distributed to the state’s 17 community colleges. As it stands, the community colleges funding model distributed funds almost entirely based on student enrollment, which did not incorporate student success components.

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MAY 7, 2024

More community colleges in the U.S. are beginning to offer bachelor's degrees in addition to their usual offerings, and many of them serve minority populations, according to a recent report from The Community College Baccalaureate Association (CCBA) and higher ed consulting firm Bragg & Associates Inc.

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APRIL 2, 2023

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, community colleges across the country saw a decline in enrollment for myriad reasons — financial, family, illness, lack of internet or inability to adapt to online learning. The purpose of community colleges is to increase access to higher education for the most vulnerable populations.”

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JULY 9, 2024

Colclough hatched an idea — what if they could develop professional learning environments easily accessible for all faculty in North Carolina’s community colleges, and what if that development could move the needle on student success? North Carolina is the only state in the country doing this.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

Adult community college students in degree-progressing English and math courses are nearing parity with their traditional-age student counterparts when it comes to course completion, according to a new report from California Competes.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

Dr. Michael Gavin Delta College is a two-year public community college in University Center, Michigan. Before serving at Delta, Gavin worked at Prince George’s Community College for 13 years and Anne Arundel College for seven years, both located in Maryland. Delta College has to be ready for our students.

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JANUARY 17, 2023

Oakton Community College has changed its name to Oakton College. The school also presented a new logo and visual identity focused on diversity, inclusion, and equity (DEI). Oakton’s Board of Trustees approved the transition in August 2021.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Necessary support is provided through GANAS (Gaining Access ’AND Academic Success), an innovative access and retention program that serves community college transfer students. Cerritos College A public, two-year community college, Cerritos College is located in Norwalk, California (Southeastern Los Angeles).

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MARCH 24, 2024

PHILADELPHIA— Despite the ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion within higher education, more than a thousand educators gathered in-person and virtually late last week to share strategies and brainstorm ways to center equitable outcomes for the students who attend their institutions. Dr. Michael A.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Danielle Lopez has been appointed the inaugural director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) for Accessibility Services at Hudson County Community College (HCCC). Danielle Lopez Lopez will serve as the college’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)/Section 504 coordinator, according to HCCC President Dr. Christopher Reber.

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MARCH 15, 2024

Community colleges were able to persevere through the pandemic thanks to the emergency relief funding passed through Congress. That’s the conclusion of the latest research from the Accelerating Recovery in Community Colleges Network at the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

California community college professors are suing state officials, alleging that new diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) rules put in place violated their First Amendment rights, The Hill reported. These regulations are a totalitarian triple-whammy,” FIRE attorney Daniel Ortner said.

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JULY 7, 2023

Yet there is little research on the underrepresentation of African American community college trustees. However, research has demonstrated a clear underrepresentation of minority community college trustees (Moltz, 2009) with no progress being made in hiring African American administrators (Levin, Walker et al.,

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MARCH 7, 2025

This increase, while notable, also highlights the persistent challenges that remain in achieving true gender equity at the highest levels of academia. Jackson, who was appointed president at Nashville State Community College in 2018. Success stories Among the initiatives success stories is Dr. Shanna L.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2025

By providing dedicated funding, we empower institutions to create environments where Black students feel supported, valued, and prepared for successful careers beyond college. Its an equity issue, she added. This grant program represents the next step in his advocacy efforts. Garcia asked.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Energy and excitement filled the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, as over two thousand community college leaders, faculty, and staff gathered to share stories of access, equity, and inclusion at the 2023 Dream conference. Our colleges have to be inextricably connected to our communities, leveraging our localness.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Luke Wood has been appointed to serve on the California Racial Equity Commission, the state's Senate Rules Committee. He has previously been co-director of the Community College Equity Assessment Lab (CCEAL); director of the joint Ph.D. Program in Community College Leadership. Wood holds a B.A.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Jia Osiel will become Achieving the Dream’s (ATD) chief talent and equity officer. Jia Osiel “Jia will support ATD in becoming a more equitable, inclusive and high performing non-profit modeling the expectations we hold for our colleges,” said Dr. Karen A. Stout, president and CEO of ATD. “Her

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

It is expected to assist campuses in designing and implementing equity-centered curricular models that connect student learning to career exploration, development of professional purpose, and acquisition of transferrable skills. Mary's College of California. Edward’s University, and St.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

She possesses an associate degree earned in her early 20’s from her local community college. The plight of the place-bound student and the existence of education deserts offer another compelling equity-based argument for expansion of the community college baccalaureate degree. Lawrence A.

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