Community and campus partners can benefit from place-based community engagement to enact a commitment to racial equity and community-driven decision-making. Racial equity is paramount in place-based community engagement. However, very little attention has been given to how whiteness in the ideological foundations of higher education shapes the…

California community colleges have been implementing the requirements of Assembly Bill (AB) 705 since fall 2019. AB 705 focuses on maximizing students' timely completion of transfer-level English and math--a key milestone known to support student attainment of associate's degrees and transfer. This updated statewide analysis of related student…

The impact of community-wide teen pregnancy prevention initiatives (CWIs) on local U.S. birth rates among adolescents aged 15 to 19 years was examined using synthetic control methodology within a quasi-experimental design. CWIs were implemented in 10 U.S. communities from 2010 to 2015. Each initiative implemented evidence-based teen pregnancy…

This study adopts an equity-driven lens to focus on how international education serves to reproduce long-standing racial and economic hierarchies through a critical exploration of which students participate in two international education experiences: at-home internationalized coursework and study abroad. Drawing from student demographic data…

The COVID-19 pandemic uncovered important patterns of structural inequities and their impact on health outcomes for racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. Native Americans, Latinxs, and African Americans are more likely to contract COVID-19 and be hospitalized and die, but are less likely to be tested and vaccinated. Environmental and…

Informed by the sociological concept of gaslighting, racelighting is an act of psychological manipulation whereby people of color receive messages that make them second-guess themselves and their lived experiences with race and racism. The purpose of this article is to propose racelighting as a theoretical construct to enhance understanding of the…

With 1.8 million students, California Community Colleges (CCC) are often the primary point of access to higher education for low-income, Black, and Latino students. Given the role of community colleges in creating a strong pipeline of college graduates, improving transfer rates to four-year colleges has become an increasingly important policy…

Pursuant to California Education Code Section 69655(b), the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office and the Board of Governors for California Community Colleges are pleased to release the Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) Legislative Report. The Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) program provides eligible,…

The aim of this three-article dissertation was to examine potential relationships between workload environments and career persistence-related outcomes for faculty of color employed in U.S. higher education institutions. Evidence has suggested that amid disparities of workload assignments and devaluation of their scholarship, exclusion from…

California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs), California's version of the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, provides cash assistance to low-income families with children. CalWORKs provides parents with cash assistance for expenses such as food, housing, utilities, or medical care, and may be…

Throughout higher education, there is increasing concern about students who experience food insecurity, housing insecurity, and difficulty meeting other critical needs. The pandemic exacerbated these challenges and led to lower enrollment across all higher education sectors. Community colleges experienced a steepest decline between 2019 and 2021.…

This report provides a look at the Fall 2024 term enrollment in categories such as student load, location and demographics of the community college student population. The content and format of this report have been developed through a collaborative effort between the Wyoming Community College Commission (WCCC), the Executive Council and the Data…

Each year from 2018 to 2020, roughly 16,000 students participated in Tennessee Reconnect at community colleges across the state. However, fewer than half of those Reconnect students persisted to the following year as grant participants. To promote Reconnect students' reapplication and persistence, Nashville State and Southwest Tennessee Community…

The Transdisciplinary Research, Equity and Engagement (TREE) Center for Advancing Behavioral Health partners with community leaders to translate research evidence into practice and policy for behavioral health equity. Equity-oriented research centers such as the TREE Center present evaluation challenges and, correspondingly, offer rich…

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, online/Internet-based courses became an increasingly common method of instructional delivery at community colleges, which offer a convenient and cost-effective way to earn college credits, certificates, and degrees. Due to the pandemic, online/Internet-based courses expanded unprecedentedly in fiscal year 2021.…