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Whatley, Melissa; LaVenture, Suzanne – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2022
The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of US community college international education programs along with specific examples that can be implemented at community colleges wishing to establish similar offerings. This article explores especially how community colleges incorporate international education into the fabric of their…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, International Education, Study Abroad, Access to Education
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Worsham, Rachel – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2022
Beginning with the revision of the existing Comprehensive Articulation Agreement (CAA) in 2014, North Carolina policymakers have implemented several articulation agreements that create structured pathways between two- and four-year colleges. The purpose of this article is to detail the demographic makeup and post-transfer outcomes of transfer…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Transfer Students, Transfer Rates (College), Student Characteristics
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Garrett, Stacey D.; Miller, Vachel; Gilbert, Chris – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2021
This article unpacks the challenge of culturally responsive teaching in rural community colleges, based on emerging insights from a study of two community colleges in North Carolina. Culturally responsive strategies ask, how do our classrooms welcome the perspectives, voices, and distinctive cultural resources of people of color and other…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Rural Schools, Community Colleges, Cultural Influences
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Barbitta, Susan; Munn, William – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2018
This chapter considers the case of placement tests, examining students who enter community college gateway math and English courses.
Descriptors: Student Placement, Tests, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students