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Randy L. Collins; Rosemary M. Karr – Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 2020
During the Fall of 2015, faculty and staff at a large community college district with an enrollment of 55,000 in the Southwest United States were encouraged to apply for Innovation Challenge Grants. The goal of these grants was to allow faculty and staff an opportunity to create, innovate, and share ideas, so that the college could strive to be…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Mathematics, College Mathematics, Community College Students
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Friedel, Janice Nahra – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
This article examines national employment and program trends in the nursing profession, the nursing shortage in Iowa, and state policy and community college responses in Iowa. During the seven-year period 2001-2008, two Iowa governors convened special task forces to study the nursing shortage and to make recommendations. The policy responses dealt…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Weekend Programs, Community Colleges
Castellano, Marisa; Overman, Laura T. – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine what types of initiatives exist to increase access to and affordability of postsecondary education, especially in community college programs that lead to occupational advancement. We reviewed community college agency and state legislative Web sites to discover what initiatives or policies are currently…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Paying for College, Cost Effectiveness, Community Colleges