Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education

CCCIE is comprised of a national Blue Ribbon Panel of community colleges and experts in the field of immigrant education committed to meeting the educational needs of immigrant students. Read more about CCCIE’s key initiatives in immigrant higher education, its mission and objectives, and how you can become a member.

CCCIE Releases New Report-

DREAMING BIG: What Community Colleges Can Do to Help Undocumented Immigrant Youth Achieve Their Potential

Learn how community colleges are enhancing services for undocumented students. The report offers promising practices and recommendations to assist community colleges and their partners as they respond to the new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy and improve their ability to serve their growing undocumented student population. Click here to download the full report.  Read the Executive Summary and the press release.

Pathways to Success® Seminars

CCCIE has been working with World Education Services (WES), through its Global Talent Bridge initiative to present WES Pathways to Success® seminars.  These seminars have been enormously successful and have offered practical advice and essential resources to skilled immigrants on how to pursue further education, obtain professional licensing or certification, and find suitable employment in the United States. Seminars have taken place at Palm Beach State College, Miami Dade College, Northern Virginia Community College and at Montgomery College.  Professional development sessions for college staff and community partners have also been offered.  Additional sessions are planned for City College of San Francisco. See examples of the Pathways to Success® seminar from Palm Beach State College and the Professional Development Seminar from Miami Date College. For more information contact info@cccie.org.

A Call to Action for Community Colleges as Federal Program Offers Hope for Undocumented Students

In an Op-Ed published by Community College Times on October 10th, Dr. Joseph Hankin, President of Westchester Community College, supports the work that so many community colleges are doing to serve their undocumented students and calls on all community colleges across the country to ensure the success of these students, especially in light of the new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. 

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DACA Toolkit for Educators

Download CCCIE’s one-page toolkit of recommendations and resources to help educators launch effective DACA outreach campaigns and prepare staff to provide clear and comprehensive information to assist students. 

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CCCIE In the News            

• CCCIE’s report DREAMING BIG is featured in the article Chasing the Dream, published in a special Community College Supplement issue of Diverse Issues in Higher Education.  Community colleges are gearing up to play a greater role in providing open access and affordable  education to undocumented immigrants since President Barack Obama’s re-election, which ensured the continuance of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for eligible young immigrants. Read the full article on page 31.

• CCCIE is cited as a resource in ESL Speaks the Language of Business, a white paper in the Community College Journal based on a a webinar co-sponsored by the American Association of Community Colleges, CCCIE and Rosetta Stone^®.