Community Colleges’ Responses to COVID-19: What Worked, What Did Not Work, and Lessons Learned

In 2021, community college practitioners, scholars, researchers, and leaders documented the challenge of what worked, what did not work, and lessons learned during the era of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This book summarizes the works of 39 authors who collectively wrote 14 peer reviewed papers in areas of leadership, curriculum, funding, social and racial tension, technology and digital access, self, family and community, and health and safety. Readers are challenged to embrace this era with innovative zeal and to continue to document community colleges’ evolutionary changes during this pandemic era. The book will be useful to higher education practitioners, scholars, and leaders, as well as individuals in organizations who are interested in how community colleges responded to challenges of change during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Community College Journal of Research and Practice.

Deborah L. Floyd is Professor of Higher Education Leadership and Research Methodology at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA. She is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Community College Journal of Research and Practice. Her research focuses on higher education leadership, community colleges, contemporary challenges, and baccalaureate models.

Christopher M. Mullin is Strategy Director for Data & Measurement at Lumina Foundation for Education, USA. His research interests include the influence of state P-20 education structures on the educational decisions of both institutions and individuals.

Gianna Ramdin is Associate Editor of the Community College Journal of Research and Practice. She is also Associate Graduate Faculty of Educational Leadership & Research Methodology, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA. Her primary research areas are the study of campus greening, and sustainable initiatives on university and college campuses.