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Future Educator's Association Annual Conference
When: February 18-20, 2011
Where: Atlanta, GA |
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Maricopa Community Colleges Future Educators Conference
When: March 11, 2011
Where: Phoenix, AZ |
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The vast majority of Americans feel it is better for some students to go to community college instead of a four-year school, according to a new poll by The Associated Press and Stanford University. Respondents rated community colleges as excellent or good at nearly the same rate as four-year schools, and seventy-one percent said it is sometimes better for students to pursue a diploma or certificate from a two-year school than aim to enter a four-year college. "Not every student who graduates from high school has the capability or the financial means . . . to complete a four-year degree" . . . and "there are a lot of skilled trade and technical service type jobs that are begging for applicants," said Larry Wyse, who was interviewed for the poll.
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Because becoming ready for college and career is a process that occurs throughout elementary and secondary education, measuring academic performance over time in the context of college and career readiness provides meaningful and compelling information about the readiness of students. A focus on the number and percentage of students meeting or exceeding the ACT College Readiness Benchmarks does just that. Using ACT test scores and the ACT College Readiness Benchmarks, this report provides a snapshot of college readiness of the graduating seniors of the class of 2010 who took the ACT in high school. |
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The Phi Delta Kappa (PDK)/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools is a well-known research instrument. Conducted annually, it allows PDK members, other educators and policy makers to track public opinion about the nation's public schools. Findings in the 2010 report include the following.
- • Americans favor keeping a poorly performing school in their community open with existing teachers and principals, while providing comprehensive outside support.
- Americans believe state government is the responsible agency for public education in the United States.
- Americans believe the most important national education program should be improving the quality of teaching.
- Less than one in four Americans believes NCLB has helped their local schools.
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Foundations, state governments, national higher education associations and President Obama have all issued their own calls for increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees and credentials. A Stronger Nation Through Higher Education reports progress toward the Lumina Foundation's Big Goal of 60 percent high-quality degree attainment by 2025, as well as the gap between current performance and the need. This report also refines the methodology used to calculate higher education attainment, particularly at the state and county levels, and includes individual profiles for all 50 states.
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Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering articles that focus on teaching STEM at two-year institutions indicate that, in recent years, rural community colleges have done significantly better than their urban and suburban counterparts in the percentage increase of associate degrees awarded to women and minorities in STEM disciplines. Though the reasons for their relative success remain unknown, community college researchers are suggesting policy recommendations in an attempt to replicate it elsewhere and boost the numbers of these underrepresented students. At the same time, they say STEM educators should not forget about their male students, who appear to be falling further behind academically, though enrolling in greater numbers.
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From 2006-2010, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation's Community College Transfer Initiative (CCTI) provided support to eight selective colleges and universities to increase their enrollment of high-achieving, low- to moderate-income community college transfer students. According to the report, Partnerships That Promote Success, community college students can successfully transfer to some of the nation's most selective four-year institutions and perform as well as those who start as freshmen, with appropriate academic and social support. Through this initiative, the four-year institutions worked with nearby community colleges to eliminate kinks in the transfer process and offered potential transfers specialized orientation and ongoing tutoring to smooth the transition.
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Showcase your teacher education or early childhood program activities and accomplishments in the Newswire by submitting the following to the National Center for Teacher Education.
1. ARTICLE about your program, activity, practice, policy, partnership, resource, etc.; include contact information, photos and a web address if applicable.
2. UPCOMING EVENT title, date, time, place, target audience, cost, sponsoring campus/program(s), partners, etc.
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