The Role of Community Colleges in Higher Education

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In this episode you’ll hear about: the role of community colleges in higher education and in their local communities, the Rural Community College Alliance, and being a first generation college student.

Our guest is: Dr Penny Wills, the President of Rural Community College Alliance.

Your host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, a historian of women, gender, and sexuality.

Listeners to this episode might be interested in:

• Alternatives to a 4 Year College
• American Association of Community Colleges
• American Indian College Fund 
• Association of Community College Trustees https://acct.org/
• How to Retain Community College Students
• Information on the free college movement
• Rural Community College Alliance https://ruralccalliance.org/
• Tribal College Journal: Journal of American Indian Higher Education https://tribalcollegejournal.org/
• Understanding College Promise Programs