The literature on first-generation college students largely focuses on the challenges and
barriers they may experience in college. Yet, we do not have a clear understanding of who …

Minding the Dream provides challenging, reflective, and practitioner-based information
about community colleges that is data-based, clear and accessible for the general reader as …

Today, changes in political and economic conditions, epidemiological and sociological
developments, and the advancement of science and technology have necessitated the …

To help address enrollment and financial challenges institutions of higher learning may
benefit by having a better understanding of entrepreneurial leadership orientations, or skills …

Community colleges are facing a demographic shift in their student bodies with significant
consequences for how they can utilize instructional innovations such as online education …

Economic recessions impact higher education institutions in complex ways. Several
analyses have examined the influence of the 2007–2009 recession on tuition, enrollments …

Studies of gender gaps in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
higher education have rarely considered 2-year colleges, despite the fact that most …

Community colleges are the most diverse institutions in the nation's higher education
system. This chapter characterizes the several forms of diversity present within the …

Most US universities have made explicit commitments to educating economically diverse
student bodies; however, the higher education system is highly stratified. In this paper, we …

Completing a social work graduate degree can be an exciting and a challenging time for
students, but the addition of a global pandemic is likely impacting their educational …