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Direct linkSmith, Rachel A.; Brown, Michael G.; Schiltz, James J.; Sowl, Stephanie; Schulz, Jessica M.; Grady, Kevin A. – Innovative Higher Education, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic-related social distancing practices that colleges implemented in Spring 2020 disrupted the typical mechanisms of propinquity (physical proximity) and homophily (shared characteristics) that physical institutions rely on to help students build and maintain relationships critical to learning and wellbeing. To explore how social…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Interpersonal Relationship, Two Year College Students
Download full textCrossland, Sean P. – Metropolitan Universities, 2023
This research was originally presented as a chapter in the doctoral dissertation "On Becoming a People's College: An Appreciative Inquiry." Appreciative Inquiry (Ai) is a participatory approach to organizational change focused on an affirmative topic choice. The topic choice of the dissertation was equity, democracy, and justice at the…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Hidden Curriculum, Community Colleges, Place Based Education
Kelly, John E. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Public community colleges must adapt to ever-changing student populations to increase student retention and completion levels. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how community college students described their academic experiences and social interactions in a coordinated studies learning community at an urban community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Student Experience, Social Experience, College Students
Holmberg, Tara Jo; Gusky, Sharon; Kiser, Stacey; Karpakakunjaram, Vedham; Seitz, Heather; Fletcher, Linnea; Fields, Lindsey; Nenortas, Apryl; Corless, Andrew; Marcos, Katrina – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2021
Community college biology faculty play an important role in educating the future STEM workforce. These faculty rely on professional organizations to provide programming and networking opportunities to enhance their professional development.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Science Teachers, Biology
McNaughtan, Jon; Higgins, Raegan; Spott, Jessica; Smith, Dimitra – Community College Enterprise, 2022
This position paper discusses the existent research focused on STEM centers at colleges and universities, focusing on their critical role to support students from racially minoritized backgrounds. The objective of this work is to present a potential framework to recast the role of these institutional STEM centers at both community colleges and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Science Teaching Centers, Community Colleges, School Holding Power
Velarde Pierce, Sharon – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2023
Despite the increasing entry of Latinas into higher education, this group continues to be underrepresented at the level of leadership. Previous studies have indicated Latinas that have achieved academic administrative leadership roles can play an important role in helping others to aspire to and attain such positions by offering guidance based on…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Women Administrators, Administrator Role, Leadership Responsibility
Jones Legay, Sandra – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As of 2016, women of color held only 7% of the total number of presidential positions in the nation's 1,043 community colleges. The lack of women of color in senior-level leadership positions is rooted in four causes: work and family imbalances, gender and racial biases and stereotypes in the workplace, lack of mentoring, and lack of earned…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Administration, Women Administrators, Doctoral Degrees
Juncos, Andrea – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2023
The Student Success Center Network (SSCN) is dedicated to advancing racial justice and economic mobility by dramatically and equitably increasing the number of students earning postsecondary credentials with labor market value. Managed by Jobs for the Future, the SSCN has worked since 2012 to develop, implement, and scale student success…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Academic Support Services, Social Justice, Social Mobility
Maitra, Debalina; Coley, Brooke; Greene, Clarreese – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2023
Previous research exploring the lived experiences of marginalized groups of students in STEM at community college settings is limited, despite the fact that community colleges have the potential to create pathways to 4-year engineering degrees and diversify the STEM workforce. This study explored what underrepresented students in STEM valued most…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Engineering Education, Community Colleges, Community College Students
Esquibel, Joseph; Rook, Deborah L.; LoRe, Sondra M.; Starnes, John H.; Miller, Jillian M.; Buntz, Jennifer G.; Hugo, Alys; Nieuwsma, Christianne B.; Seitz, Heather; Bissell, Ahrash; Gross, Louis; Kiser, Stacey; Lenhart, Suzanne; Mills, Michael A.; Neuhauser, Claudia; Corriette, Irene; Prescott, Sarah; Jenkins, Kristin P.; Karpakakunjaram, Vedham – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
Mastery of quantitative skills is increasingly critical for student success in life sciences, but few curricula adequately incorporate quantitative skills. Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges (QB@CC) is designed to address this need by building a grassroots consortium of community college faculty to (1) engage in interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, College Science, Community Colleges
Sunil Dehipawala; Kelvin Yao; Todd Holden; Tak Cheung – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2024
The damped harmonic oscillator physics problem is a standard oscillation problem in calculus physics for pre-engineering students in a community college. The use of alternative linear algebra eigenvalue stability method is consistent with the upper engineering courses using control theory. The external force and friction damping would become the…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Web Sites
Joy, Lois – Jobs for the Future, 2022
A three-year study that JFF conducted for the National Science Foundation shows that community college technology internships can be effective bridges to employment for postsecondary students. The research showed that when internships were required for graduation students were much more likely to participate. But for internships to be effective,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Internship Programs, Technology, Education Work Relationship
Joy, Lois – Jobs for the Future, 2022
Of the studies of internships at two-year colleges, few have focused specifically on IT and engineering technology (ET) programs and the structures that are essential to building effective technology internships. Case studies at two Florida community colleges enabled the exploration of internship structure, student participation by demographics,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Internship Programs, Technology, Education Work Relationship
Kopko, Elizabeth; Griffin, Sarah – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2020
Until recently, most community colleges have done little through the new student onboarding process to help entering students explore academic and career interests, choose a program of study aligned to their interests, and develop a plan for completing such a program. This has been the case even though many students start college without clear…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, School Orientation, Student Experience
Topper, Amelia Marcetti – Teachers College Record, 2019
Context: Community colleges in the United States are increasingly tasked with demonstrating their commitment to improved institutional outcomes even as measures of student success are critiqued for failing to capture the colleges' diverse missions and student populations. Purpose: This paper offers an alternative framework for understanding and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Success, Student Characteristics
