Winter/Spring 2019 ISSUE

Letter From The Chair

Welcome back to Innovatus, the magazine of the League for Innovation in the Community College.

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Community College Mission: From Access to Capabilities

The traditional mission of the community college flows out of several principles and characteristics of the institution, its local communities, and its students.

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Competence vs. Completion: Does Passing Equate to Learning?

Science education is in crisis. Students in STEM programs across higher education fail, drop out, or change their majors at alarming rates. Two years ago, we challenged ourselves to do better for our science students.

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Insights Into Higher Education Innovation: How Institutions Organize and Prioritize to Spur and Increase Innovation

Today’s financial, political, and higher education environment poses unprecedented challenges. Public financial support and trust in quality, productivity, and value is eroding.

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Change Minds, Behaviors, and Outcomes Through Effective Leadership

Today’s community college landscape is evolving, and change seems to be a constant—particularly at institutions embracing innovation as part of their culture. That is why it is imperative for all community college leaders to be mindful about how their teams handle the change required to remain relevant in the postsecondary sector.

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Spotlight – Walmart Brighter Futures 3.0: The Optimal Industry Partnership

With Walmart Brighter Futures, the League for Innovation in the Community College continues its long history of leading workforce development initiatives. Walmart Brighter Futures 3.0, the third iteration of this workforce development project funded by the Walmart Foundation, focuses on career mobility for incumbent retail workers, specifically by providing the core skills and knowledge needed to move into management and leadership roles in the retail industry.

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We’ve Come A Long Way, Baby: 21st Century Apprentices Set Up for Success at SAIT

The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) began in 1916 with 11 students and two pieces of donated machinery. Over the last 100 years, SAIT has become a leader in applied education, specializing in action-based learning.

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Innovative to Address Food Insecurity as a Barrier to Graduation

According to Wisconsin HOPE Lab’s Hungry and Homeless in College (2017), 67 percent of community college students across 24 U.S. states are food insecure, with 33 percent of those students experiencing the very lowest levels of food security. Moreover, about half of community college students experience housing insecurity, and 14 percent are homeless.

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Challenges Community College Students Face

Challenges Community College Students Face

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From Speed Bump to On-Ramp: Holistic Assessment and the Reinvention of Placement

The last decade has seen a remarkable and much-needed wave of innovations in developmental education, and the mechanisms for placement are no exception.

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