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Community Colleges Can Realize the Potential of Distance Education

Community colleges have long embraced distance learning to increase access to their programs. Now is the time to fully invest in students’ success online.

What community colleges can teach higher ed about supporting students during and beyond the pandemic (opinion)

Xueli Wang shares research that can inform all higher education institutions on critical ways to support students in the coming semesters and beyond.

The Hawai’i Community College System’s Response to COVID-19

A scholarship program in Hawai'i seeks to help adults begin the process of recareering during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Study Finds Connection Between Public Community College Promise Programs and Enrollment Increases

A new study funded by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) found a correlation between public community college promise programs and an increase in enrollment among female and underrepresented students.

How colleges can make prior learning assessment more equitable

One in 10 students got credit for work experience, with low rates among Black, low-income and community college students, a recent study found.

The Pandemic’s Effect on Community College Enrollment

As COVID-19 began to spread this past spring, course enrollment dropped substantially at California’s community colleges, especially among African American and Native American/Alaska Native students.
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