Waubonsee Community College

Cuando los estudiantes universitarios participan en los proyectos de investigación, sus probabilidades de graduarse aumentan. Pero los estudiantes de colegios comunitarios no reciben muchas oportunidades para hacer investigaciones estudiantiles. Algunos profesores del norte de Illinois tratan de cambiar eso.

When college students participate in research projects, their chances of graduating go way up. But community college students don’t get many opportunities to do student research. Some northern Illinois teachers are trying to change that.

Como parte de un ejercicio de una clase, los estudiantes tienen la tarea de emparejar la palabra con la imagen. Este la primera clase en la secuencia del programa del Inglés Como Segundo Idioma en Waubonsee Community College en el centro de Aurora.

English as Second Language courses fill up at Waubonsee Community College, whose students may help meet the demand for a skilled labor force.

Hay mucho que se tiene que hacer para abrir un negocio pequeño. Un taller de negocios en Rochelle aspira en educar y motivar a emprendedores prometedores para que tomen el primer paso hacia ser dueño de su propia aventura.

Noelia Ruiz was the event’s presenter. She’s a coordinator at the Illinois Small Business Development Center at Waubonsee College.

On a new Teachers’ Lounge podcast, it’s not often 17 and 70-year-old students share the same classroom. But that’s every day in this adult education class. Learn more about adult education and English language learning!

On a new Teachers’ Lounge podcast, Biology Professor Dr. Sheela Vemu says "not only is science for everyone, understanding and appreciating science is something that everyone can do.”

Enrollment fell hard at most community colleges during the pandemic. At schools like Waubonsee Community College, it’s starting to come back up. But one of their programs roared back -- enrollment in adult education more than doubled this fall. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin has more on what adult education even is…and why the demand for it is so high.

“Black students are twice as likely to be placed into developmental education courses than white students," said Partnership for College Completion executive director Lisa Castillo Richmond. "And once they are placed in these courses are significantly less likely to complete their introductory 101 college courses."