If you’re a parent, or a Cub Scout den mother, then you may have a similar experience to working in a one-person international office. It’s like being a mother to a dozen con[...]

As I’ve read all the posts for our #Comm_College series this month, my respect and appreciate for the work we do in community college higher education has been reinforced and[...]

Never did I expect my transition from a community college to a four year university to be so challenging. I thrived in community college because I was involved in student governmen[...]

If you have been reading this month’s #Comm_College series I hope that you are inspired to seriously consider exploring student affairs jobs at community colleges. Here’s some advi[...]

Academic achievement, attainment, and engagement of African American males is a topic that has been investigated frequently in recent years. From the K-12 sector to higher educatio[...]

Working in a community college is a test of one’s ability to fit every component of the four-year college experience. As a higher educational professional, I attended a private fou[...]

Joliet Junior College, the nation’s first community college has learned lessons in developing leadership programs for students by trial and error. We’ve tried many things over the [...]

In my work as an advisor with the Pathway to the Baccalaureate Program at Northern Virginia Community College, I provide academic advising and support to students who have historic[...]

I never intended to be a community college professional. Prior to my first day of work at a two-year institution, my only relationship to these schools came from a short-session ma[...]

Student Affairs professionals are drawn to work in community colleges because we care – deeply – about our students. I’ve learned that the simplest of human kindnesses can go a lon[...]