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America's great idea: Advancing community college education in the US and abroad

John V. Clevenger

Professor Emeritus, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, NV Chair, Society Committee on Education Task Force on Two-Year College Activities

240th ACS National Meeting August 23, 2010

Objectives

? Review the unique and changing landscape of community colleges ? Responsive community- and student-oriented role ? Growing enrollment ? Increasing diversity ? Expanding internationalization

? Explore the opportunities for chemistry education ? Facilitating student transitions ? Extending the American Chemistry Society's response

? Share strategies for leveraging America's great idea

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Community College Landscape

Who has... ? attended a community college? ? taught at a community college? ? taught students who transferred from a community college? ? established a partnership with a community college?

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Unique and Changing Landscape

The growth and evolution of an uniquely American institution of higher education ? 1901 ? first community college (Joliet Junior College) ? 1930s ? development of job training programs in response to the depression ? 1944 ? GI bill ? 1947 ? Truman Commission's report Higher Education for Democracy

(recommended a network of public community colleges) ? 1960 ? establishment of Kellogg Junior College Leadership Programs ? 1960s ? development of a national network of public community colleges ? 1988 ? Commission on Future of Community Colleges (defined community

not only as a region to be served, but as a climate to be created) ? 2009 ? Presidential challenge to increase proportion of college graduates

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Community-oriented Landscape

Number and type of two-year colleges*

? Total:

1195

? Public:

987

? Independent: 177

? Tribal:

31

* Does not include branch campuses

Phillippe, K.A., & Sullivan, L.G. National profile of community colleges: Trends and statistics (4th ed.). Washington, DC: Community College Press, 2005.

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Student-oriented Landscape

Two-year colleges... ? are distinct educational institutions with their own missions ? share common goals

? provide access to higher education ? serve community ? pursue common practices ? open admissions ? low tuition

American Association of Community Colleges, Community Colleges Past to Present,

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Student-oriented Landscape

Two-Year College Enrollment

? Total:

11.5 million

? Credit: 6.5 million

? Noncredit: 5.0 million

? Full-time:

41%

? Part-time:

59%

Phillippe, K.A., & Sullivan, L.G. National profile of community colleges: Trends and statistics (4th ed.). Washington, DC: Community College Press, 2005.

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Diverse Landscape

Two-Year College Student Demographics

Women

60%

Men

40%

Racial and ethnic minorities 35%

Black 13%

Hispanic 15%

Asian/Pacific Islander 6%

Native American 1%

First generation

39%

American Association of Community Colleges, Fast Facts, January 2008,

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