Jaime A. Harris and Rogelio Gonzalez (above), partners in a trucking company, met at San Jacinto College, which prepared them for their business. (Photograph by John Everett) — Read story
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A 2-Year Head Start
Community colleges are putting renewed emphasis on helping their students succeed. A look at four students who managed to stay in college despite daunting obstacles.
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DOUBLE CONSCIOUSNESS:
Two competing visions of education help explain the tension between jobs and ideas that all community colleges grapple with, M. Garrett Bauman writes.
NEW MATH:
Some colleges are trying new ways to move students more quickly and smoothly through remedial math.
CAMPUS TREASURE:
Instructors at City College of San Francisco make the college's Diego Rivera mural an everyday part of the curriculum.
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK:
In rural areas, arts programs at colleges provide a rich diet for culture-starved residents.
12 TEACHING TIPS: Community-college instructors offer ideas for the classroom.
GOOD CITIZENSHIP: Most community-college leaders give little thought to the role their colleges play in their communities, George B. Vaughan says.
NONTRADITIONAL LEARNERS: Colleges are not keeping up with changes in the way adults pursue their education, says Charlene R. Nunley.
SCARCE INFORMATION: Students need to know much more about how to transfer to four-year institutions, Stephen J. Handel writes.
BOILING POINT: Bob Blaisdell reflects on the day he lost it in front of his students.
A SPECIAL ROLE: Rural community colleges are meeting the needs of a changing and increasingly diverse population, Stephen G. Katsinas says.
INFLUENCE OVERSEAS: Community colleges can play an important role in fostering world peace, writes David J. Smith.
CLASSROOM OBSESSIONS: Charlotte Laws says that too many instructors emphasize grades and attendance, to the detriment of creativity and responsibility.
CHALLENGES OF POVERTY: Kathleen Sheerin DeVore says it is her job to help students complete their assignments amid the chaos of their lives.
ATTENTION BILLIONAIRES: Big donors should consider giving to community colleges if they really want to help the nation's students, writes Catherine Stukel.