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Lessons Learned: The MetLife Foundation Awards

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      American Association of Community Colleges. One Dupont Circle NW Suite 410, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-728-0200; Fax: 202-833-2467; Web site: http://www.aacc.nche.edu/bookstore
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      4
    • Education Level:
      Postsecondary Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Community Colleges; Educationally Disadvantaged; Educational Strategies; Delivery Systems; Outreach Programs; Low Income Groups; Enrollment Management; Disadvantaged Environment; Awards; Best Practices; Effective Schools Research; Profiles
    • Subject Terms:
      California; Ohio
    • ISSN:
      1067-1803
    • Abstract:
      This past year, Jobs for the Future studied strategies that community colleges are using to improve the quality and effectiveness of their services to low-income youth and adults. Much of this research was conducted for the MetLife Foundation Community College Excellence Awards Initiative. Across the country, in urban, rural, and suburban communities, colleges are successfully adapting to meet new local needs. In this article, the authors describe a variety of approaches and strategies community colleges are using to serve the learning needs of their low-income youth and adults. For West Hills Community College, which serves a rural, largely migrant population in California's San Joaquin Valley, access for the area's Hispanics is its highest priority through investments that include van service and high-quality, on-campus child care centers, West Hills has doubled its enrollments in the past six years, reversing a trend of declining enrollment. Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, targets its outreach to zip codes with high percentages of African-American and Appalachian residents.
    • Abstract:
      ERIC
    • Number of References:
      4
    • Publication Date:
      2009
    • Accession Number:
      EJ822061