Voices and Viewpoints

OCCRL Founding Director Debra Bragg Awarded the Association for the Study of Higher Education’s Howard R. Bowen Distinguished Career Award

OCCRL Director Eboni Zamani-Gallaher Selected as an ACPA Diamond Honoree

Transforming Understandings of Diversity in Higher Education: Implications for Community Colleges

Reflecting on Equity in the Current Societal Racial Climate

Collaborating between Academic and Student Affairs in the Community College

Biases and Stereotypes: Two Key Barriers to Empowering Former Foster Youth

The Landscape of Chicago Career and Technical Education

Stacking Up? Do Stackable Credentials Contribute to Upward Mobility?

Catching the Spark: Student Activism and Students Data as a Catalyst for Systemic Transformation

Work-Based Learning as a Pathway to Postsecondary and Career Success

A Different World and Black Students Are Still Seeking Cultural Congruence

Inaccessible Dreams: Undocumented Students’ Financial Barriers to College Attainment

Globalizing Campuses at Community Colleges and MSIs: Illinois Opens Up the Conversation in a New Program

Harry S Truman College’s Multipronged Approach to Improving Retention and Completion Among Males of Color

Employing Content-Based Curricula in Nursing at Illinois Central College to Improve Equity and Outcomes for Students

Two Illinois Community Colleges to Participate in Pell Eligibility Experiment for Dual Credit Students

Implementing Contextualized Math to Address Barriers to Completion for Students in the MultiCraft Technology Pathway at Sauk Valley Community College

Utilizing Degree Audit and Reengagement Strategies to Improve Student Retention and Completion at Rend Lake College

A Multi-Level Perspective on Rigorous Concurrent Enrollment Opportunities

Improving Transitions and Outcomes for Nontraditional-Aged Students at Oakton Community College