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Helen Torres receives Center for Digital Education Award on October 11, 2009 at League for Innovation Conference in Detroit, Michigan

Community Colleges with Foremost Use of Digital Technology Announced

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – October 8, 2009 – e.Republic’s Center for Digital Education and Converge magazine have announced the winners of their 5th Annual Digital Community Colleges Survey.  Those named are leading community colleges across the U.S. that offer exceptional technology support to students and educators.  The survey addressed multiple areas in digital technology, including online registration, distance learning, tutoring and advisory services; technology training for students and faculty; and Web 2.0 social and collaborative capabilities.

Community Colleges were placed in three categories based on size of enrollment for the 2008-09 academic year.  College officials supplied answers to survey questions and the top colleges in each of the enrollment categories were named.

Marina Leight, vice president of the Center, said, “Community colleges, year after year, impress us as forward thinking and quick to adapt. Our survey results show overwhelmingly that community colleges are fast embracing cyber technologies used by “First Digitals” fostering collaboration in learning by using tools students are familiar with. Those institutions chosen as this year’s top community colleges are exceptional examples of this investment in learning.”

Distinction Category:

Large colleges: 7,500 students or more

1st: Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, Pa.
2nd: Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, Va.
3rd: Tidewater Community College, Norfolk, Va.
4th: Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, N.Y.
5th: Howard Community College, Columbia, Md.
6th: Anne Arundel Community College, Anne Arundel, Md.
7th: Macomb Community College, Warren, Mich.
8th: Delaware Technical and Community College, Dover, Del.
9th: San Antonio College, San Antonio, Texas (tie)
9th: Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, Ariz. (tie)
10th: Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kan. (tie)
10th: Rio Salado College, Tempe, Ariz. (tie)