Member Spotlight - El Centro College “Last year, El Centro College celebrated its 50th anniversary of providing a quality educational experience for the citizens of Dallas county. This year the college graduated its 50th class of students and celebrated this milestone in the college’s history on May 10, [...]
Volume XL, No. 20 | June 7, 2018 Using Google Docs to Enhance Group Work Group work can be a valuable learning activity for students in any course. Implementing group work in online courses, however, can be challenging for instructors and students. At Davidson County Community College (DCCC), several lower-level math courses [...]
Volume XL, No. 19 | May 24, 2018 Using the PMI+Q Method to Promote Critical Thinking in Online Discussion Forums High school students now entering college are often referred to as digital natives. Digital natives are accustomed to a faster pace and more dynamic experiences than static textbooks can provide (Doll 2012). [...]
NISOD and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education Name 2018 Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges Austin, Texas – May 18, 2018 – The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education (Diverse) are excited to announce the 2018 Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges (PPWCC) award [...]
Volume XL, No. 18| May 17, 2018 Launching a Collegewide Online Course Quality Review Initiative Online learning is growing rapidly in higher education. However, student success metrics in online courses often lags behind face-to-face sections of the same courses. The same is true at Harper College (HC), a community college that serves [...]
NISOD Announces 2018 Student Graphic Design Winner Austin, Texas, May 16, 2018 – The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) announced that Tara VanConant, a student at St. Clair County Community College, is the winner of the 2018 Student Graphic Design Contest.As the winning student artist, Tara will receive $1,000; five poster-size copies [...]
Volume XL, No. 17| May 10, 2018 Get Students Moving Most instructors have moved away from the “sage on the stage” teaching style in favor of the “guide on the side” approach. It is rare today for instructors to lecture for an entire class period. For example, I always seek new ways [...]
Member Spotlight - Tallahassee Community College “Tallahassee Community College is committed to student success and empowering our communities through education.”—Dr. Feleccia Moore-Davis, Provost, Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Jim Murdaugh, President Name of College: Tallahassee Community College City and [...]
Volume XL, No. 16| May 3, 2018 Fostering Belonging in Community College Classrooms Recent data from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) indicates that there are 22.7 million students enrolled in the country’s massive higher education system, which is comprised of over 4,300 colleges and universities. The system’s size and capacity to [...]
Volume XXXIX, No. 16 | May 4, 2017 Teaching Community College Students the Soft Skills Demanded by Employers Many of us in community colleges work with employers and students. Therefore, we seek to understand what employers need in future employees, then we prepare students to fill those roles. This process is relatively straight [...]