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Delivering Holistic Support at a Large Urban Community College District with Dr. Ruth Reinhart

Civitas Learning

Subscribe: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Youtube Music | Full Transcript Community colleges are seeing increased enrollment as more students pursue short-term degrees and vocational programs.

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Community Colleges and “Completion”

Counselors' Corner

Many of the students I worked with as a counselor at a community college had a story like this one: He took a job right out of high school with a small business run by a neighbor. Since the sixteen credits could be from any business classes, this schedule wasn’t too hard to put together. by Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D.

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Supporting Non-Traditional Paths to Student Success

Scholarship America

For older students, that balance gets even more complicated as you figure in childcare, commuting and increased likelihood of schedule conflicts. As Melvin Hines, co-founder and CEO of the student-assistance app Upswing said in an interview , “When you’re a nontraditional student and you are taking classes, it can feel isolating.