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Aaron M. Donaldson – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Learning assistance services offered by U.S. community colleges are vital to the academic success of many students, but the tutors themselves remain understudied. This paper attempts to narrow both the research and recognition gaps by exploring and categorizing prominent aspects of professional community college tutors. Using a small-scale,…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Tutors, Community College Students, Community Colleges
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Evans, Kate E.; Plunkett, Daniel – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2023
Steeped in a rich history of formal connections between institutions of higher education and the citizens and communities in which they are embedded, the importance of engaging education in the community has long been recognized for its myriad of benefits to all involved including increased funding for university research, more informed practice…
Descriptors: Leisure Education, School Community Relationship, Recreational Programs, Research Universities
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Almond, Devon – Educational Considerations, 2022
Rural community colleges are uniquely situated to physically and subtly embed educational imprints into the everyday lives of local people. This reflective article explores how the everyday characteristics of American college towns offer a potential road map for rural community colleges to structure educational imprints into the lifeblood of local…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Rural Areas, School Community Relationship, Campuses
Lorainne I. Rodriguez Vargas – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The multifaceted influences of coloniality in higher education continue to be explored to reshape and transform spaces that can either reproduce structures of coloniality or bring about decoloniality. The University of Puerto Rico was founded in 1903 within 5 years of the end of the Spanish-American War, as a product of the law Morrill-Hatch. The…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Higher Education, Educational Change, Universities
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Leysath, Maggie Ann – Teaching Artist Journal, 2022
Safety protocols for COVID-19 necessitated changes to this action research project. This article describes the theoretical framework of Community-Based Art Education for providing Service-Learning in an art education preparation program during the global pandemic. Art education students joined the local Boys & Girls Club (BGC) and a local…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Art Education, Community Programs
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Hellesen, Sarah; Bankston-Lee, Kimberly; Maytum, Carol; Tong, Elisa K. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: Community colleges face challenges to becoming smoke-free and have higher smoking prevalence rates than four-year colleges. This case study examines how Sacramento Taking Action Against Nicotine Dependence (STAND), a community-based organization's project, achieved tobacco-free policies at California's second largest community college…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Smoking, School Policy
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Tvelia, Sean; Branlund, Joy; Hams, Jacquelyn; Baer, Eric M. D.; Layou, Karen M.; Macdonald, R. Heather – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2021
This chapter addresses the engagement of geoscience societies with community college faculty, traces the emergence of the Geo2YC Division as a model for others, and provides examples that focus on ways to build a professional community.
Descriptors: Earth Science, Community Colleges, College Faculty, Science Instruction
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Britteny M. Howell; Hattie A. Harvey; Donna M. Aguiniga – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2023
Community-engaged research (CEnR) occurs when university and community resources are partnered to enrich knowledge, address social issues, and contribute to the public good. The benefits of CEnR include the translation of scientific findings into public initiatives that can improve practice and provide invaluable learning experiences for students.…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Open Enrollment, Faculty Development, Community Involvement
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Brittanie Atteberry-Ash; Jessica R. Williams; Hayden T. DuBois; Beth Pearson – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2024
University housing can play a significant role in undergraduate students' college experiences. Unfortunately, many LGBTQ + students face a myriad of harmful experiences on campus, including in campus housing that can negatively impact their belonging and well-being. To address this issue and foster LGBTQ + students' overall belongingness on campus…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, LGBTQ People, College Housing, Residential Programs
Dawn Reid – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Advocates for marginalized students have worked to understand the equity implications of public policy and its application on educational performance gaps. This study investigated equity policies in a southern California community college intervention program: the Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS). EOPS is an equity program created…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Equal Education, Community Colleges, Community College Students
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Jorge Burmicky; Roshaunda L. Breeden; Micara Lewis-Sessoms; Pamela L. Eddy; Sarah L. Rodriguez – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
The purpose of this article is to provide a blueprint to conduct equity case studies in rural community colleges. Informed by our field work experiences applying case study design and equity-minded frameworks, this blueprint involves four distinct steps: (1) identifying rural community colleges in North Carolina; (2) operationalizing equity in…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Rural Schools, Equal Education, Stakeholders
Mark Duffy; Kri Burkander – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Drawing on qualitative data collected in a sample of colleges as part of a larger study on the implementation and impact of Assembly Bill 705 in California, this paper explores the rollout of corequisite reforms, focusing on the use of embedded tutors in introductory math and English courses as a strategy to meet to the needs of students. This…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community College Students, Tutoring, Mathematics Instruction
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Tracie Marcella Addy; Mark J. Sciutto; Eric J. Hagan – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
VITAL faculty, also known as non-tenure-track instructors at colleges and universities in the United States, play critical roles in educating students but are often excluded from professional development and community-building opportunities that support their growth and development as instructors. In this article, we describe how we addressed…
Descriptors: Consortia, College Faculty, Communities of Practice, Sense of Community
Jessica D. Huffman – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Community Colleges have an open-door policy that publicly states all are welcome but after acceptance, the student encounters the hidden locked door of placement testing. For some students, placement testing is the key that unlocks the door and provides them access to their path toward their academic journey. But for most students, placement…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community College Students, Student Placement, Placement Tests
Di Xu; Kelli A. Bird; Michael Cooper; Benjamin L. Castleman – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Many public workforce training programs lead to industry-recognized, third-party awarded credentials, but little research has been conducted on the economic benefits of these credentials in the labor market. This paper provides quasi-experimental evidence on the labor market returns to industry-recognized credentials connected to community college…
Descriptors: Noncredit Courses, Credentials, Outcomes of Education, Labor Market
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