Issue No. 46 • October 2026 Why Should Instructors Encourage Greater Participation? Low classroom participation continues to persist in public education and academia (Ahlfeldt et al. 2005), although findings indicate that higher participation is linked to improved academic outcomes (Brophy, 1986; Duncan et al., 2012; Greenwood et al., 1984), including [...]

Issue No. 45 • October 2026 Embedded AI Tutoring Agents: Managing Change in Student Support Abstract This paper examines the development and pilot deployment of an artificial intelligence tutor created to support student learning and AI literacy. Unlike generic AI platforms, SOPHIE was designed to function as a learning partner [...]

Issue No. 44 • September 2026 Fostering Resilience in College Students: Strategies for Support and Success Introduction   In Rudyard Kipling’s famous 1895 poem “If,” he offers advice for having resilience in the face of failure through a series of “if” statements. In the poem, Kipling writes, “If you can [...]

Issue No. 43 • June 2026 Supporting Student Success in Technical Education: A Case Study from a Rural Community College  Competing Pressures in Rural Technical Education   Across the country, community colleges are expected to prepare students quickly for employment while also helping them earn credentials that support long-term economic mobility [...]

Issue No. 42 • May 2026 A Day in the Life of a Latina in STEM: The Potential Benefits of Holistic Financial Assistance, Mentoring, and Nontraditional REUs    Often, the low retention of college students pursuing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) (Kokkelenberg & Sinha, 2010; National Center for Education Statistics, 2024; National [...]

Issue No. 40 • February 2026 Reverse Mirroring: Expanding Access and Retention through Course Alignment Between Career and Technical Education and Continuing Education Bridging Access and Opportunity in Rural Workforce Education  Community colleges are intentionally designed to provide affordable, accessible, and local education opportunities to a diverse student population. Specifically, [...]

Issue No. 39 • December 2025 Developing General AI Self-Efficacy in an Online Course Introduction   The dust has yet to settle in the ongoing debate about cellphone use in schools, and now General Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is here to challenge educational practitioners. Can we use it? Should we use it? [...]

Issue No. 38 • November 2025 Building a Program Review Structure and Capacity Within a Community College Division of Student Affairs  Introduction   Launching a program review structure within a community college's Student Affairs division can be overwhelming, especially for departments with limited staff, new assessment infrastructure, and heavy workloads. At [...]

Issue No. 37 • October 2025 Dual Language Bilingual Education: A Path to Student Success In the early 2000s, I transitioned from a career in higher education to pursue a path in bilingual education by accepting a position at an elementary school in Chelsea, Massachusetts, as part of the "Two-way [...]

Issue No. 35 • March 2025 Interactive Insights: Active and Experiential Learning in Critical Thinking Faculty Development Workshops  Introduction   Critical thinking is a vital component of postsecondary education. Active learning and experiential learning strategies in the classroom are effective ways to help students develop critical thinking skills. This paper focuses [...]