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Professional Classified Staff Front and Center in Improving Student Success
The “Professional Classified Staff Front and Center in Improving Student Success” one-hour webinar presented December 10, 2020, made a powerful impression. Almost 500 participants heard impactful insights and experiences shared by a college president and professional staff engaged in Caring Campus, demonstrating how the human connection changes culture and is key to retaining students and improving student success. View the webinar below:
Providing Student-Support Services in Extraordinary Times: A Caring Campus Approach
“Providing Student-Support Services in Extraordinary Times: A Caring Campus Approach,” a virtual panel moderated by IEBC Chief Operating Officer Jordan Horowitz, was part of the Community College League of California (CCLC) 2020 Annual Conference. Video not available at this time.
The Institute for Evidence-Based Change (IEBC) establishes a Caring Campus Racial Equity Advisory Council
In the context of racial equity issues in higher education, IEBC establishes a racial equity advisory council. The purpose of the Council is to advise IEBC on how to ensure racial equity issues are appropriately integrated in, and addressed by, Caring Campus work, its implementation and follow-up activities.
Caring Campus Identifies Ways to Engage Students Daily
Sacramento City College finds Caring Campus ways to engage students daily.
Napa Valley College Participates in California ‘Caring Campus’ Initiative
NAPA CA, SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 – Napa Valley College is one of 18 California community colleges selected to work with the Institute for Evidence-Based Change (IEBC) to incorporate the ‘Caring Campus’ initiative’ into its student success efforts this year. Despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic on higher education, Napa Valley College is committed to implementing its college-specific Caring Campus approach to student success.
IEBC and NISOD form New Partnership to Accelerate Expansion of ‘Caring Campus’ Nationwide
The Institute for Evidence-Based Change (IEBC) and the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) have formed a new partnership seeking to expand IEBC’s “Caring Campus” throughout the country.
What Does it Mean to Be a Caring Campus During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
When students drop out or stop out, everybody loses – the students, the college, and the community. Working differently to support the students they serve and championship of this work by college leadership changes this. How? Read it here.
Drake State Unveils Initiatives to Enhance Learning Process
Drake State is one of 10 community colleges across the U.S. selected for the Institute for Evidence-Based Change (IEBC) Caring Campus Initiative. “We’re thrilled to have been selected by the IEBC to participate in this innovative and intentional approach to student engagement,” said Dr. Nicole Bell, interim dean of Student Services. “It’s exciting to see the impact it can have on our students and their academic success.”
Supporting Community College Professional Staff: A Caring Campus Approach
In this one-hour webinar, IEBC leadership and special guests addressed issues that professional staff face while providing virtual student services and also presented practical ways for college leadership to support professional staff in their work to support students. The webinar is based on IEBC Guide Two in the series Providing Student Support Services in Extraordinary Times. View the PowerPoint slides here, or watch the video below:
IEBC Newsletter – Summer 2020
The Summer 2020 edition of the IEBC Newsletter shares stories of IEBC Caring Campus colleges who are reaching out to their students as part of their Caring Campus efforts. We are sharing their personal stories with you and hope you are as inspired and energized by their experiences as we are.