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 [...]
Volume XLI, No. 25 | July 11, 2019 Tuesdays With Bobbie: Faculty Mentoring for Instructional Success In Mitch Albom’s best-selling memoir, Tuesdays with Morrie, the main character meets with Morrie, a former professor, every Tuesday. Morrie mentors his student during these weekly sessions as they discuss answers to life’s toughest questions. The [...]
Volume XXXIX, No. 13 | April 13, 2017 Technology in the Classroom? Instructional Technology Certification Program Increases Engagement When I began teaching, which was initially in K-12, my school was not rich in resources. More times than not, I had to purchase copies of handouts for my English classes, and occasionally also purchase [...]
Volume XXXIX, No. 4 | February 9, 2017 Tale of Two Department Chairs When you think of the job title “Department Chair” what comes to mind? Roles and responsibilities are ever-changing in higher education. The division or department chair position at community and technical colleges has morphed into a myriad of roles, including business [...]
