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EDUCAUSE 2022: Ellucian Highlights Solutions to Unlock Future Innovation

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Friday, October 21, 2022
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For more information or to arrange media interviews with Ellucian executives onsite, contact Lindsay Stanley at [email protected] .

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  • For more information or to arrange media interviews with Ellucian executives onsite, contact Lindsay Stanley at [email protected] .
  • Ellucian is the market leader charting the digital future of higher education with a portfolio of cloud-ready technology solutions and services.
  • Working with a community of more than 2,900 customers in over 50 countries, Ellucian keeps innovating as higher education keeps evolving.
  • To find out what's next in higher education solutions and services, visit Ellucian at www.ellucian.com .

Despite Early Struggles with Digital Learning, New Research Shows the Majority of Community College Students Want Online Courses Going Forward

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Wednesday, May 18, 2022
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BOSTON, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As higher education transitions to a new normal following the pandemic, one aspect community college students don't want to give up is access to online courses. Whether currently enrolled in in-person, hybrid or online courses, the majority of students say they want to take more courses fully online in the future. The Spring 2022 installment of the Digital Learning Pulse Survey, conducted by Bay View Analytics on behalf of education technology company Cengage and industry partners found that three-quarters of community college students (76%) want to take some courses fully online in the future, up from 68% in the Fall of 2021.

Key Points: 
  • Whether currently enrolled in in-person, hybrid or online courses, the majority of students say they want to take more courses fully online in the future.
  • For those students taking online courses, 62% gave online learning an "A" in Spring 2022, compared to only 40% of students in Spring 2021.
  • Eighty-eight percent of students are currently in online courses; 60% of students are currently in, in-person courses and 76% of students in hybrid courses want to take at least some courses fully online in the future.
  • Nearly 4 in 10 (38%) of community college students were unaware if their institution offered support services for them.

President of Eastern Maine Community College to Lead Growing Initiative to Strengthen Community Colleges Nationwide

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Monday, October 4, 2021
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"We are thrilled to have Dr. Larson join our team and lead the next phase of the Community College Growth Engine Fund," said Kathleen deLaski, founder, CEO and chair of the board of the Education Design Lab. "It is becoming increasingly apparent that innovative community colleges can -- and are -- leading the design of employment-connected learning. Dr. Larson has been one of those leaders in Minnesota and in Maine and it is the Lab's honor for her to champion the learner-driven models that are emerging through partner co-design and gaining momentum around the country."

Key Points: 
  • Having most recently served as President of Eastern Maine Community College, Dr. Larson brings decades of leadership experience with community colleges from across the country to the Lab as it seeks to scale its work to reimagine the role of community colleges in advancing economic opportunity for new majority learners.
  • The Community College Growth Engine Fund was launched in October 2020 to help position community colleges as a bridge between education and employment.
  • Participating institutions in the first cohort include: The City University of New York, Ivy Tech Community College, Prince George's Community College, Austin Community College District, Pima Community College, and Seattle Colleges.
  • "It has been the honor and pleasure of my life to serve Maine's learners as president of Eastern Maine Community College and I thank the entire Maine Community College System for welcoming me these last five years," said Dr. Lisa Larson.