Spotlight on Community Colleges

Spotlight on Community Colleges centers the meaningful work conducted by administrators, researchers, faculty, staff, community members, and additional stakeholders, all in the means of elevating our community colleges.

Spotlight on Community Colleges is a education podcast hosted by SpotlightOnCCs, with 17 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

SpotlightOnCCs hosts Spotlight on Community Colleges, a education show with 17 episodes published.

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  Episode #20

  Ep 18: Serving Adult Learners

  Aug 19, 202643 min

  With adult learners accounting for more than a half of community college students, their experiences and considerations must be more thoughtfully recognized. On this episode of Spotlight on Community Colleges, guests Dr. Emily VanZoest (Visiting Research Scholar at the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and President of Reframed Strategies Inc, a higher education research and evaluation firm) and Ellen Flowers-Field (Vice President of Continuing Education and Workforce Development at the College of Southern Maryland) center the roles of adult students and their unique needs while pursuing their academic goals. Spotlight on Community Colleges debuts new episodes on the third Wednesday of every month to hear topical exchanges between researchers and practitioners, learn about emerging scholarship paired with practical solutions, and consider critical analyses of possibilities for future practice. The podcast is hosted by Drs. Erin Doran, Carrie B. Kisker, and Brett Ranon Nachman. More information at: https://spotlightonccs.podbean.com/ . We have a number of resources to share associated with this episode, including: Dr. VanZoest's lead-authored article on adult learners in Innovative Higher Education. Info on the Belk Center Adult Learner Lab The Belk Center Adult Learner Guideboo k Spotlight on Community Colleges is the official podcast of the Council for the Study of Community Colleges ( https://www.cscc.pitt.edu/ ). We would like to thank the Lumina Foundation , our Season Three Sponsor. The Lumina Foundation is committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school available for all. Learn more about the Community College Data Hub via this website. The Community College Data Hub is a publicly available repository of nearly 60 datasets and data-related publications associated with community colleges and their students, faculty, staff, and communities. The Data Hub is currently offering $5,000 Research Grants and $15,000 Research-to-Practice Stipends for any scholars, students, or college-based personnel wishing to utilize data from the Hub for secondary analysis or institutional improvement. Learn more about the grants here. Stay Connected With Us: Email: SpotlightonCCs@gmail.com Instagram: @spotlightonccs BlueSky: @SpotlightonCCs.bksy.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carriekisker/ , https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-doran-7545a67a/ , and https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettnachman/ Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe to Spotlight on Community Colleges wherever you listen to podcasts! You can also now find our episodes as video podcasts on YouTube!

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  Episode #19

  Ep 17: The Community College in Tumultuous Times LIVE Episode

  May 20, 20261h 7mS0

  <p>During the Council for the Study of Community Colleges annual conference in April 2026 in Salt Lake City, Spotlight on Community Colleges recorded a live episode featuring a panel of wonderful guests. This conversation focused on the idea of "The Community College in Tumultuous Times: Reflections and Future Possibilities," a period for making sense of the changes unfolding in our institutions over the past 12-18 months. The panel not only reconciles the massive disruptions related to funding, diversity efforts, and institutional value, but also offers some hope of what to embrace in the future amid such uncertainty. </p> <p>Panelists i...

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  Episode #18

  Ep 16: Community College Athletics

  Apr 15, 202655 minS0

  <p>According to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), about 60% of community colleges offer sports programs. This translates to approximately 60,000 student-athletes in community colleges around the United States participating in more than two dozen sports. According to Eddie Comeaux and Eric Davidson, student-athletes have higher GPAs than their non-athlete counterparts; community colleges often provide their athletes with positive, holistic academic support; and while community college athletics programs have expanded in the last twenty years, their overall support for female athletes and their programs has remained stagnant. Yet this component of community college life often remains on the sidelines.</p> <...

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  Episode #17

  Ep 15: Noncredit Workforce Education

  Mar 18, 202648 minS0

  <p>The American Association of Community Colleges estimates that about 40% of headcount enrollment at community colleges is in non credit-bearing courses and programs, yet much remains unknown about noncredit education.</p> <p>On this episode of Spotlight on Community Colleges, we talk about what we know about noncredit occupational training in community colleges - and what we still don’t know. We are going to hear from our colleagues in the colleges about where they are putting their noncredit occupational training efforts, and we will ask about the major challenges and opportunities they are experiencing. Finally, we are going to talk...

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  Ep 14: Dual-Career Couples in Community Colleges

  Feb 18, 202649 minS0

  <p>There's a lot to love about community colleges, and one of those components is the employees who themselves are in, healthy romantic relationships. The two-body problem, as it is commonly referred to, entails how spouses or significant others must account for finding similarly specialized role in the same geographic area, or if possible, the same institution.</p> <p>On today's episode, we welcome on one dual-career couple to discuss their situation that blends life, career, and love. Dr. Corina González-Stout serves as an associate professor of history at Northwest Vista College in San Antonio, Texas. Her husband is D...

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