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MARCH 1, 2023

Pima Community College has received nearly $1.5 Department of Education (ED), which it will use to serve low-income and first-generation students interested in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) degrees from select high schools. million from the U.S.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

5 percentage point increase is the first increase in the six-year completion rate in several years. The improvements here were mostly driven by students who started at community colleges. Community college completion rates jumped 1.2

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Alfred McQuarters is president of Los Angeles Trade-Technical College. King, Jamal A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2025

Across the country, community colleges and universities are seeing fewer students enroll, a trend that could have long-term consequences for both individuals and the economy. Today, we stand as Californias fastest-growing community college, with enrollment up 33% overall from pre-pandemic levels.

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APRIL 9, 2023

Gonzales’ passion for education has culminated in a swift rise to being named chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) last September. The district comprises 10 independently accredited colleges in Arizona serving over 94,000 students. He became president of GateWay Community College in MCCCD in 2013.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

David Doré will become chancellor of the Virginia Community College System (VCCS), effective Apr. Dr. David Doré Doré is currently president of campuses and executive vice chancellor for student experience and workforce development at Pima Community College.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

After graduating, he studied at Pierce College (a community college), majoring in psychology because he wanted to become a high school counselor. Liera then transferred to San Diego State, and although his overall experience was positive, it was his first time in an environment with so many white students.

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APRIL 2, 2023

In 2022, student leaders launched a campaign to challenge the long-standing stigma associated with attending community colleges. To overcome negative stereotypes, the CCSmart advocacy campaign tells the stories of students’ educational journeys and the positive impact community colleges had on their lives.

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MARCH 12, 2025

Kelli Sims Butler The California Community College System consists of 116 institutions with over 1.8 In the system, there are 140 Community College Chief Executive Officers (CEO). Of the current 140 chancellors and college presidents, 63 are female, and 12 identify as Black females. million students. King, Jamal A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2023

Marta Yera Cronin will become president of Delaware County Community College (DCCC), making her the second woman and the first Latina to lead the school. Dr. Marta Cronin Cronin – a first-generation college student born of immigrant parents – is currently president of Columbia Gorge Community College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

After two years of COVID-19, community college enrollment was in triage. Indian River State College (IRSC) in Fort Pierce, FL, and Coahoma Community College (CCC) in Clarksdale, MS, saw their efforts to rebuild their student populations pay off. Dr. Timothy Moore, president of Indian River State College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In the 2022-23 academic year, the College Fund supported more than 4,000 Native American scholars in 43 states to attend 267 colleges and universities. Of them, 2,718 were first-generation college students. FDLTCC is both a tribal college and a community college part of the state system.

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MAY 17, 2023

A rare partnership between a group of community colleges and a private, for-profit institution is aiming to fix that. The Alamo Colleges District, made up of five community colleges, is the largest provider of higher education in South Texas with over 100,000 students, 81% of whom are students of color.

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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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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

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. She began as a professor of psychology counseling at Chabot College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Courtney Adkins The beginning of the fall academic term brings to mind images of freshly graduated high school students arriving on college campuses across the country. When the fall 2023 term begins, close to 20% of community college students will also be high school students who are dually enrolled. Dr. Linda L.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A veteran of higher ed leadership, Welch was previously chair of the AASCU Board of Directors; president of Henderson State University; president of the Arkansas Association of Two-Year Colleges; chancellor of the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope-Texarkana; and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Arkansas State University-Beebe.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

What is the best approach to embracing the increased diversity of our communities and ensuring opportunity? Is it developing boutique programs on each campus for diverse, first-generation students? Community colleges have historically served as an entry point into higher education for underserved populations.

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MAY 23, 2023

Previously, she was vice president of instruction at CCC; vice president for academic and student affairs at Roxbury Community College; assistant professor of higher education at SUNY Buffalo; and English instructor at Université de Haute-Alsace. Kimberly Rogers Rogers has been serving as acting president of the school since last June.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Like mosquitoes, community colleges have the power to create a ripple of meaningful change. Community colleges, often under-appreciated yet mighty in their mission, are essential agents of transformationparticularly for students from historically marginalized communities. The numbers tell a powerful story.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Alexander oversees the legacy of the Academic Advancement Program (AAP) at UCLA, one of the longest running academic support programs for first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students. Salcedo is the director of the Center for Community College Partnerships at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. It enrolls roughly 43% first-generation Latino students. Additionally, 39.93% of graduate students are Latino.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Terry O’Banion Community college students who are from lower socio-economic backgrounds, are first generation, and who have not been successful in high school are starving to death trying to find educational sustenance at the cafeteria curriculum. The Roueche Center Forum is co-edited by Drs.

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MAY 11, 2023

Students from underrepresented backgrounds face considerable barriers when it comes to completing a community college program. But Dougherty Family College (DFC), a two-year associate degree program at the University of St. Hall, a first-generation African American student at DFC. “It Staff were everywhere.

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Community College Review

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Many community college students are the first in their family to attend college, and this designation comes with its own share of responsibilities and challenges. Learn about the support available specifically for first-generation community college students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Before and during COVID, most of these students vanished from our most affordable and accessible institutions – our community colleges. Enrollment for Black learners in community colleges is not down because of COVID or because the Black population is shrinking (in fact, it has increased by 2.5

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Community colleges have taken great pride over many decades as an open-door institution welcoming students who had no other place to go. They have created special programs for students who are under-served, at risk, first generation, Black males, women, migrants, and prisoners.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Basic need insecurity commonly impacts first-generation and low-income students according to Chris Sinclair, executive director of FLIP National, a nonprofit, student-based organization supporting first-generation low-income students. I think it’s fantastic that students will get $500 more. Dr. Karen A.

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MAY 22, 2024

This continues the upward trend that began last fall after years of declining enrollments in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which hit community colleges particularly hard. This spring, growth was primarily driven by community colleges, where enrollment rose 4.7% Community colleges are still down about 12.5%

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MARCH 31, 2024

DREAM — the signature annual event of Achieving the Dream — a nonprofit organization that works to close achievement gaps, has become the go-to convening for community college educators and policymakers interested in institutional change. We have a whole new generation of young leaders that need supports like ATD,” she says. “We

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Active Minds

JULY 14, 2023

The fellows covered topics of the experiences in communication, language, inclusion, and stigma about mental health in Asian communities, the importance and influences of Latine Academic Families and the matriculation of Latine students, and the impact of mental health on first-generation college students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

We’re changing the landscape of how community colleges serve underserved students,” says Espiritu. “We Having cohorts here is really important, especially for engineering and computer science because it’s a community that supports each other.” I care more than just graduation at community college.

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JULY 11, 2024

This fall, students entering one of Alamo Colleges District's five community colleges in San Antonio, Texas will have the opportunity to have guaranteed transfer to Texas A&M University-San Antonio (TAMUSA) and free tuition at both institutions. "Welcome Jags" sign from Fall 2023 at Texas A&M University-San Antonio.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Department of Education (ED) is delaying the sending out of student information relevant for financial aid calculations to institutions, higher ed scholars and officials have voiced concern and uncertainty over how this change will affect low-income and first-generation students in particular.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

health psychology, East Carolina University Career mentors: Dr. Jeannie Golden, East Carolina University; Dr. Diane Finley, Prince George’s Community College; and Dr. Christine McDermott, Delaware State University Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Don’t stretch yourself out too thin.

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