Expanding Our Community with Blended Learning Programs

Estrella Mountain Community College (EMCC) was awarded $250,000 from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to establish a Localness Blended Learning project. This project, Expanding Our Community, will significantly change the college and its relationship to the region by increasing access for our Local Segment (approximately 75% of our student body; those who are part-time and have family and/or work obligations). These students will have increased access to the Speech Language Pathology Assistant, Teacher Education, and the Associate degree programs and reduced time to degree award. Leveraging these funds with extensive college resources, EMCC faculty will redesign three associate degree programs, a total of thirty three courses, and offer them in a coordinated combination of online, face-to-face, and blended courses, forming a comprehensive Local Segment initiative.