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Guiding Community Colleges Toward Mission Fulfillment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Stout, recipient of the 2025 Diverse Champions Award, has focused her career on helping community colleges achieve outstanding student success. Moono, president of SUNY Schenectady County Community College. Shes helping colleges implement evidence-based reforms.

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Grounding Our Inquiry and Change Work in Equitable Post-Graduation Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Community colleges and baccalaureate institutions have experienced a topsy-turvy ride over the last decade, which included the Great Recession and its enrollment impacts, significant social unrest generated from both sides of the political aisle, and the global COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. Dr. Robert. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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Fill Graduation Gaps, Transform Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Though typically less pronounced, graduation gaps also exist at community and technical colleges in our state. Higher education leaders face an obligation to Kansas families to remove barriers to access and success and ensure that our system lives up to the ideal of equal opportunity for all. Structural change is needed.

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Making Equity a Priority

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Additionally, Curry has secured millions of dollars for student success initiatives. It’s a testament that the college is thriving, thanks in large part to Curry, who has been the school’s most vocal cheerleader. Dr. Keith Curry Eddie Ruvalcaba Photography It’s no secret that Compton College has had its fair share of challenges.

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Lessons Learned from Student Success Redesign

Civitas Learning

Subscribe: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Youtube Rethinking strategies can be challenging, but with the many changes we see in higher education post-Covid, redesigning systems could be the key to student success. 24:16] – Data can really make you rethink how you communicate with students. [26:45]

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Community Colleges’ Essential Role in Workforce Development

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The 1,038 community colleges in the U.S. play an important role for students and communities, providing a quality education that prepares students for jobs or to transfer to four-year colleges and universities. The average age of a community college student is 27, and 35% of students are between the ages of 22 and 39.

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Faculty Engagement and Data-Informed Support Elevate Persistence by 4% at Austin Community College

Civitas Learning

For many community colleges, identifying the right support for their increasingly diverse population isn’t easy. Students balance work, personal commitments, and school and come to school with backgrounds ranging from first-generation college students to adult learners seeking career advancement through additional certifications.

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