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Innovation Journal Authors are authors from the Montgomery College Community (Faculty, Staff, Students, or Community Members) who are passionate about innovation in higher education.

Diversity and Innovation: President’s Innovation Forum

Diversity and Innovation: President’s Innovation Forum

Dr. Pollard and Montgomery College Innovation Works (MCIW) will host a forum on the link between diversity and innovation on February 16, 2016.  The forum will be an engaging discussion of how diversity makes us smarter, more capable, and more cognitively complex.  Dr. Pollard will welcome “Unlocking the Potential of Diversity” –  Dr. Oscar Holmes, IV, Assistant Professor […]

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Setting the Right PACE in First-Year English Composition:  A Student Success Initiative

Setting the Right PACE in First-Year English Composition: A Student Success Initiative

By Professor Elizabeth M. Benton, Chair, Rockville English Department and Professor Rebecca Eggenschwiler, Collegewide Coordinator, PACE Program  The Montgomery College English and Reading Department launched an innovative pilot program in spring 2012, called Program for the Advancement to College English (PACE), to change the trajectory of developmental student completion in college-level English courses.  Since the program’s […]

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Distance Education at Montgomery College: Trending Success

Distance Education at Montgomery College: Trending Success

By Dr. Michael Mills, Vice President of E-Learning, Innovation and Teaching Excellence, Montgomery College Researchers at the University of California-Davis recently released a study that revealed community college students throughout California were 11 percent less likely to pass an online course than a face-to-face version of the same class.  At Montgomery College, we see a […]

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A Culture of Innovation

A Culture of Innovation

By Dr. DeRionne P. Pollard, President, Montgomery College Almost eight years, ago The New York Times published a piece on a “new destination” for high-achievers: community colleges. The irony was not lost of those of us who have known about community colleges for decades, but Montgomery College was proud to be among 11 institutions profiled […]

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Changed Priorities Ahead: Thoughts on the Future of Higher Education

Changed Priorities Ahead: Thoughts on the Future of Higher Education

Call for Submissions During the Spring 2015 President’s Innovation Forum, Dr. MJ Bishop, Director of the Center for Academic Innovation at the University of Maryland System, explained that there are changing priorities ahead for higher education. She introduced us to the iron triangle of access, affordability, and outcomes, and she challenged us to consider how […]

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Reflections on Montgomery College’s MOOC

Reflections on Montgomery College’s MOOC

By Emily Rosado Why a MOOC? In the Fall 2013 semester, I had the privilege of teaching Montgomery College’s first ever Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Get Ready for College English. It was the first MOOC offered by a community college in the state of Maryland. The idea for this project was born out of […]

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Moving Forward: An Update on the Innovation Works Think Tank

Moving Forward: An Update on the Innovation Works Think Tank

By Cindy McCormack When identifying some of the forces shaping higher education now and in coming years, Montgomery College need look only as far as its own backyard to discover a megatrend with implications for almost every aspect of the College’s operations. The changing demographics of the community it serves – or, perhaps more precisely, […]

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Envisioning Montgomery College 2020 to 2030

Envisioning Montgomery College 2020 to 2030

What should we be keeping our eyes on? The following series of infographics, developed in the Spring 2014 all administrators’ retreat, points to the long term view of Montgomery College and higher education. Where might Montgomery College be in 2030? How do we plan for tomorrow when it will be significantly different from today? How […]

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President’s Innovation Forum

President’s Innovation Forum

Dr. DeRionne P. Pollard invites you to join her for the second in a series of engaging discussions about change and innovation in higher education. Moderator: Mr. Dan Hoffman, Chief Innovation Officer, Montgomery County Panelists: Dr. MJ Bishop, Director, Center for Academic Innovation, University System of Maryland Dr. Shelli Fowler, Senior Director, Networked Pedagogies and […]

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Innovation Fund Grants

Innovation Fund Grants

Montgomery College Foundation’s Innovation Fund Grants Created by President DeRionne Pollard, and made possible through the generosity of the Webber Family Foundation, the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, and private donations, the Montgomery College Foundation’s Innovation Fund provides funding for innovative projects at Montgomery College. Priority will be given to larger initiatives that focus on […]

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