scholarly journals Outcomes of an Academic Service-Learning Project on Four Urban Community Colleges

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra Abston Greenwood
Keyword(s):  
Community Colleges ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Urban Community ◽  
Academic Service Learning ◽  
Urban Community Colleges

scholarly journals Inside the Math Trap: Chronic Math Tracking From High School to Community College

2020 ◽  
pp. 004208592090891
Author(s):  
Federick J. Ngo ◽  
David Velasquez
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Urban Community ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Transition To College ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Urban Community Colleges

Examining linked academic transcripts from urban community colleges and their feeder high schools, we identify math course-taking patterns that span sectors. We highlight stifled mobility and chronic repetition of math coursework in the transition to college, and we identify “math traps” from which students do not escape. Math mobility was limited, math repetition was rampant, and nearly half of students found themselves in math traps. All else equal, being trapped in math was significantly linked to race/ethnicity, suggesting that these forms of chronic math tracking across sectors expose previously undocumented forms of inequality in educational experiences.

Sources and Information About Urban Community Colleges

1999 ◽  
Vol 1999 (107) ◽  
pp. 85-94
Author(s):  
Dana Scott Peterman ◽  
Carol A. Kozeracki
Keyword(s):  
Community Colleges ◽  
Urban Community ◽  
Urban Community Colleges

scholarly journals Preaching to the Choir: Turning Anger Into Engagement at Urban Community Colleges

2018 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 6-11
Author(s):  
Jesse W. Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Community Colleges ◽  
Urban Community ◽  
Urban Community Colleges

In the wake of the election, I attempt to channel my students' understandable anger, fear, and rage into activism (broadly concieved) outside the classroom.

Experience as Textbook

2015 ◽  
pp. 176-196
Author(s):  
Katie L. Treadwell ◽  
Brian R. Mitra
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
College Education ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Learning From Experience ◽  
Community College Education ◽  
Urban Community Colleges

This chapter explores how experiential learning opportunities, specifically service-learning, foster career exploration, development of transferable skills, and readiness for employment and/or higher education among community college students. By drawing upon experiences leading service-learning opportunities, career development, faculty partnerships, and leadership development at urban community colleges, the authors present an approach to community college education rooted in experiential learning. The chapter proposes the use of Usher, Bryant, and Johnston's model of learning from experience to develop students' vocational practices and help “learners become more empowered to respond to their changing vocational environments” (Merriam, Caffarella, & Baumgartner, 2007, p. 68). These impacts are illustrated through the programs and student voices of a community college recognized for its service-learning opportunities. Colleges and corporations share responsibility to prepare citizens (Holton, 1998). Community colleges must take the lead in developing these partnerships and designing learning environments that benefit students and community, in turn creating a next-generation workforce.

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