Ricardo Alcaraz is taking three of his five courses online this semester at Santa Ana College: an anthropology class, business calculus and business law. It’s a course schedule that reflects a new ...

While California is accustomed to earthquakes and has prepared for the Big One for decades, the state was caught off guard by the pandemic quake that shook our state in March 2020. Though the ...

Students’ learning is enhanced when they connect with their instructors -- and their classmates. Creating this community looks different in an online classroom, but there is now good evidence on how ...

A longtime higher ed paradox is this: community colleges open doors to educational opportunities, particularly for underrepresented, low-income or underprepared students, but most students who enter ...

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Tade Oyerinde has been making connections from the beginning. It all started after several years of homeschooling. “By the time you hit puberty, you want to be more social. You want to meet people, ...

Lone Star College, a community college with eight campuses in Texas, has one "campus" that’s different than the others—it’s all online. The student government is made up of remote students, faculty ...

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Steven Gallegos keeps a demanding schedule. As student body president at East Los Angeles College, he pitches ideas for improving mental health services and distributes groceries to students in need.