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The ICCB Equity Quarterly is designed to share resources and information with the field and other stakeholders regarding community college equity init
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The ICCB Equity Quarterly is designed to share resources and information with the field and other stakeholders regarding community college equity initiatives. These initiatives and resources are led by the ICCB and the Illinois community college system and our partners, specifically the Office of Community College Research and Leadership. |
 Brian Durham, ICCB Executive Director |
Community colleges strive to foster an environment of equity and inclusion. This new publication, in partnership with the Office of Community College Research and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is one of our efforts to support this work. We hope that by providing this resource, we can help raise the profile of the successful efforts to meet diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) challenges, incentivize others to adopt successful DEI practices, and provide a voice to students, faculty, staff, and institutions as they confront systemic and structural barriers across their campuses and in their communities.
▪ Brian Durham, ICCB Executive Director
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The Illinois Community College Board has collaborated with the Illinois State Board of Education and EdSystems to create the inaugural Model Programs of Study Guides and Resources, which center on education, engineering, health sciences and technology, information technology, and manufacturing. These publications are designed to guide local programs in adopting or customizing material as they create programs of study for approval as part of the Perkins V Plan. |
 Erica Taylor |
In this inaugural OCCRL Chat Room student podcast, Chequita Brown, an OCCRL research assistant, talks with Erica Taylor about the struggles and joys of being a parenting student while attending community college. This podcast series focuses on educational equity, justice, and excellence for all students, from the perspective of current community college students. |
 Rita Ali and Jennifer Foster |
In this episode, OCCRL Director Eboni Zamani-Gallaher talks with Rita Ali and Jennifer Foster about implementing paths toward workforce equity for underrepresented individuals in career and technical education and in the overall workforce. Ali is the vice president of workforce and diversity at Illinois Central College, and Foster is the deputy executive director for the Illinois Community College Board. |
College affordability is an issue that ICCB has identified as a priority. Understanding the landscape of open educational resources (OER) and identifying the effective practices in order to bring OER to scale is one way we can drive college costs down for students. |
 Heather Blicher |
In this podcast, Nina Owolabi, a research assistant at the Office of Community College Research and Leadership, talks with Heather Blicher about the many possibilities as well as challenges of open educational resources for instructors and institutions. Blicher is a coordinator of librarian services for two campuses at Reynolds Community College in Richmond, Virginia. |
OCCRL research assistant Nina Owolabi writes in an OCCRL Voices and Viewpoints blog post about her time as a community college advisor and faculty member, wishing that less expensive materials were available to students so that they wouldn’t have to “choose survival over books.” One solution, according to Owolabi, could be open educational resources. |
Illinois’ CTE Plan identifies current and former foster youth as a special population that colleges should seek to better serve. |
This webinar is part of the "Postsecondary Pathways for Former Foster Care Youth" series. In the session, OCCRL research assistants Chequita S. Brown and Nathaniel Stewart share ways to promote postsecondary access for foster care youth and provide resources to assist college and career transitions for this population. |
This webinar with OCCRL research associate Jason Keist discusses the purpose of program review and the program review template. It also covers data-informed decision-making and what disaggregated data is and why it is used. |
The state of Illinois stands out from its peers as being home to the most Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) out of the 12 states comprising the Great Lakes Region. However, the majority of HSIs in Illinois are public two-year colleges. Coined as "HSCCs" (Hispanic-serving community colleges) at OCCRL, this research brief focuses on the enrollment and degrees conferred in Illinois by race and gender at three institutional types: HSCCs, emerging HSCCs, and non-HSCCs. Learn more about how Illinois HSCCs are a conduit to STEM pathways for underrepresented racially minoritized and underserved collegians. |
This technical paper compares National Student Clearinghouse data with two-year college data obtained through the Illinois Longitudinal Data System, and summarizes key insights for users of these data. A stronger understanding of the strengths and limitations of two-year college data from these two sources will allow researchers at the To&Through Project and the UChicago Consortium to make more informed decisions about how to most comprehensively identify and report on the outcomes of Chicago Public School graduates at two-year colleges, and how to interpret those outcomes. |
91st Annual IACTE Conference
February 18-19
This virtual conference hosted by the Illinois Association for Career and Technical Education will offer more than 60 breakout sessions, with "edufurist" Rachael Mann speaking during the general sessions and at four breakout sessions. Many sessions that pertain to all educators will be offered, and 10 professional development units can be earned. Attendees will have access to all of the sessions after the conference. |
Illinois New Teacher Collaborative Leadership Conference
February 23-24
This leadership conference hosted by the Illinois New Teacher Collaborative will feature critical breakout sessions, keynote speakers, panelists, roundtable discussions, networking opportunities, and the sharing of resources. Conference participants will have multiple opportunities to engage with and learn from colleagues and teachers who have been recognized for their excellence as they provide ideas, strategies, and suggestions for addressing the demands of the everyday classroom. |
Join this Year's Council for the Study of Community Colleges Conference!
April 15-17
The Council for the Study of Community Colleges cordially invites community college faculty, administrators, researchers, and policymakers to attend its virtual conference this spring. The sessions are geared toward higher education professionals and advocates who have an interest in enhancing community college education, research, and leadership. In addition to the general conference program, the preconference will include, for the first time, sessions specifically for community college students, who will also have access to the general conference events at the low rate of $20 through March 25. |
Save the Date!
Virtual Equity Academy
April 30
This year’s Equity Academy will be hosted virtually by OCCRL with support from ICCB. The event will focus on providing leadership through overlapping pandemics. As institutions grapple with the impacts of COVID-19 and ongoing racial injustice, leaders must move from issuing statements to implementing actions that prioritize the advancement of equitable outcomes for community college students. The event will feature keynote speaker Dr. D-L Stewart, president of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) and a professor in the School of Education at Colorado State University. Look for registration to open in early March! |
The Illinois Community College Board has granted $18.7 million dollars to community colleges throughout Illinois to help address education and unemployment gaps in African American communities and other minoritized areas. The funding will be used across 17 community colleges throughout the state that serve larger African American populations under Illinois’ Workforce Equity Initiative, now in its second year. |
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