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Sarah L. Rodriguez; Bruk Berhane – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2024
This paper will describe the promise Hispanic-serving Community Colleges (HSCCs) have for creating a culture of servingness, including curricular and co-curricular supports, transfer infrastructure, engineering identity development, and other mechanisms that can positively impact Latinx engineering learners. We will outline current research and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Hispanic American Students, Latin Americans, Minority Serving Institutions
Adaptive Leadership in Urban Community Colleges: Meeting New Challenges through New Ways of Thinking
Matthew A. Cooney; Quincy Martin III; Kenya Ayers-Palmore; Robert Garza – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated the need for urban community colleges to utilize an adaptive leadership approach to thrive during times of uncertainty. Adaptive leaders encourage team members to address problems through new ways of thinking to meet organizational goals. The community college sector, especially institutions in urban environments,…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Urban Schools, Community Colleges
Collin Callaway – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2023
Urban community colleges provide access to postsecondary education's most diverse and underserved student populations. Students enrolled in these institutions often face academic, financial, and social challenges that shrink their odds of success. Leaders from three urban community colleges in the Southern United States shared the importance of…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Administrator Attitudes, Outcomes of Education, Student Diversity
Jaekel, Katy S. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2021
While limited, research centering LGBTQ students and experiences at the community college indicate students experience microaggressions, feelings of isolation, and a lack of curricular inclusivity at their community college institutions. With a lack of clarity around nondiscrimination policies at the federal level, coupled with a lack of…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Social Bias
Nachman, Brett Ranon; Wilke, Autumn K. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2021
While community colleges enroll high proportions of disabled students, limited research exists on considerations that college personnel should account for in meeting disabled students' varied needs and strengths. This article explores the impacts of policies and processes on disabled community college students and presents five policy-related…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, College Administration, College Faculty
Freeman, Jennifer; Lagarde, Christian; Acevedo, Erica – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2021
This chapter describes examples of Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training-funded innovations that resulted in statewide systemic change, including approaches to accelerate adult credential attainment, new approaches to data collection and analysis, enhanced individualized student support, and stronger industry alignment.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Grants, Job Training, Adult Education
Piel, Megan Hayes – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2018
This chapter acknowledges the contextual considerations in preparation and success in higher education and establishes a foundation of knowledge for researchers, educators, and practitioners to support foster youth in community college settings.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Community Colleges, Foster Care, Two Year College Students
Goldrick-Rab, Sara – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2018
Food and housing insecurities are serious challenges confronting community college students. This chapter reviews the evidence on prevalence and correlates of basic needs insecurity and discusses institutional actions to support students.
Descriptors: Student Needs, Graduation Rate, Food, Housing
Popp, Patricia A.; Roberts, Allyson F.; Robinson, Paula F.; Strawn, Rachel Mayes – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2018
This chapter describes the challenges and opportunities associated with creating sophisticated support networks designed to support youth experiencing homelessness. The authors offer an overview of programs and policies that is interwoven with the story of Susan, a composite of youth with whom they have worked, to illustrate the ways Virginia is…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Social Support Groups, State Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Hallett, Ronald E.; Freas, Adam; Mo, Elaine – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2018
This chapter explores the importance of developing spaces on campus that serve students experiencing homelessness. The authors recommend identifying a single point of contact in order to facilitate access to services.
Descriptors: College Students, Homeless People, Student Needs, Student Personnel Services
Caton, Jazmin M.; Moro, Bárbara María; Turner, Teresa; Woodin, Shawn – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2018
Housing insecurity and homelessness is an ever-increasing issue within higher education. In this chapter, the authors highlight the ways that one program is responding to students' needs.
Descriptors: Housing, Homeless People, Higher Education, College Students
Valenzuela, Jéssica I.; Perez, William; Perez, Iliana; Montiel, Gloria Itzel; Chaparro, Gabriel – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2015
This chapter introduces Institutional Undocu-Competence (IUC), an institutional capacity framework emerging from a critical analysis of cultural competence, aimed to inform community colleges' efforts to better support the growing undocumented student population.
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Cultural Awareness