Community Colleges in the News

This week, we offer you a few recent articles of interest that pertain to community colleges:

“College Students Bypassing Degrees on Purpose” by Eddie Small, Hechinger Report (3/25/14)
From Community College Daily:
http://www.ccdaily.com/Pages/Academic-Programs/College-students-bypassing-degrees-on-purpose.aspx

“Starting All Over Again” by Paul Fain (3/19/14)
From Inside Higher Ed:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/03/19/lost-credits-hold-back-transfer-students-study-finds

“Governor Hickenlooper Signs Legislation Authorizing Community Colleges to Offer Four Year Degrees in Career and Technical Fields” by Joe Marquez (2/27/14)
From Colorado Community College Newswire:
http://newswire.coloradocommunitycolleges.com/2014/02/governor-hickenlooper-signs-legislation-authorizing-community-colleges-to-offer-four-year-degrees-in-career-and-technical-fields/

“Community Colleges Nourish Both Students and Society, Report Says” by Katherine Mangan (2/18/14)
From The Chronicle:
http://chronicle.com/article/Community-Colleges-Nourish/144799/

“Three States Look at Free Community College Tuition” by Jonathan J. Cooper (2/17/14)
From Community College Week:
http://www.ccweek.com/news/templates/template.aspx?articleid=3886&zoneid=3

“Free Community College? Tennessee Proposal Draws Praise and Concerns” by Eric Kelderman (2/6/14)
From The Chronicle:
http://chronicle.com/article/Free-Community-College-/144553/?cid=cc

Community College Headlines

Below are a few links concerning community colleges (our last installment of Community College Headlines was posted 12/11). We invite you to share additional links and conversation in the CCCOnline Community.

“Community Colleges for the Students They Actually Have” by Josh Wyner (10/14/12)
From The Chronicle’s Special Report “College, Reinvented”:
http://chronicle.com/article/Community-Colleges-for-the/135090/?cid=cc

“The Community Liberal-Arts College” by Rob Jenkins (9/17/12)
From The Chronicle’s “On Hiring” blog:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/onhiring/the-community-liberal-arts-college/33838?cid=cc

“Can Do for Community Colleges” by Joshua Wyner (9/6/12)
Commentary from Inside Higher Ed:
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2012/09/06/essay-how-community-colleges-can-do-better

“Defining Community Colleges Down” by Richard Kahlenberg (7/3/12)
From The Chronicle’s “Innovations” blog:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/innovations/defining-community-colleges-down/33253?cid=cc

“Evaluating practices for increased students success” by Kay McClenney and Angela Oriano (5/7/12)

Commentary from Community College Times:  

http://www.communitycollegetimes.com/Pages/Opinions/Evaluating-practices-for-increased-students-success.aspx

“Community Colleges Not Up to 21st-Century Mission, Their Own Report Says” by Jennifer González (4/21/12)

From The Chronicle: 

http://tinyurl.com/8zbcc7h

“Make It Mandatory?” by Paul Fain (2/2/12)
From Inside Higher Ed:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/02/02/academic-support-offerings-go-unused-community-colleges

“Multiyear Study of Community-College Practices Asks: What Helps Students Graduate?” by Jennifer Gonzalez (2/2/12)
From The Chronicle:
http://chronicle.com/article/Community-College-Study-Asks-/130606/?sid=cc

“Top of the Mountain?” by Paul Fain (12/21/11)
From Inside Higher Ed:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/12/21/community-college-enrollment-growth-ends

Community College Headlines

Below we've posted a few links to browse: recent news and commentary concerning community colleges. Please feel free to comment or share additional resources in the CCCOnline Community.

First three links about the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence:
“For Community Colleges, a Time to Shine” by Kevin Carey (12/11/11)
Commentary from The Chronicle:
http://chronicle.com/article/For-Community-Colleges-a-Time/130064/?sid=wb

“Valencia College Wins First Aspen Prize for Community-College Excellence” by Jennifer Gonzalez (12/12/11)
Also from The Chronicle:
http://chronicle.com/article/Valencia-College-Wins-First/130091/?sid=cc

“Completion Comes First” by Paul Fain (12/13/11)
From Inside Higher Ed:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/12/13/valencia-college-wins-first-aspen-prize

“Completion Conundrum” by Paul Fain (12/8/11)
From Inside Higher Ed:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/12/08/state-budget-cuts-make-completion-goals-difficult-community-colleges

“Tracking Quality at 2-Year Colleges” by Paul Fain (12/1/11)
From Inside Higher Ed:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/12/01/community-college-association-releases-voluntary-accountability-measures

“Survey highlights trends in e-learning” (11/17/11)
From Community College Times (links to Pearson Foundation Community College Student Survey):
http://www.communitycollegetimes.com/Pages/Campus-Issues/Survey-highlights-trends-in-elearning.aspx

“7 Community Colleges Open an Online Doorway to Better Grades and Graduation Rates” by Josh Fischman (11/6/11)
From The Chronicle:
http://chronicle.com/article/7-Community-Colleges-Try-an/129605/?sid=cc