Fostering Community in the Face of COVID: Case Studies from Two Community College Honors Programs.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Dotter, Anne, ; King, Kathleen
- Source
- Honors in Practice; 2021, Vol. 17, p195-202, 8p
- Subject
- Johnson County Community College (Overland Park, Kan.)
COVID-19 pandemic
Mental health of students
Academic honors
Virtual communities
- Language
- ISSN
- 15590143
This article features the work of two community college honors programs toward establishing and fostering community amid the COVID-19 crisis. Authors describe shared goals and priorities for their students during abrupt and extended shutdowns of both campuses. While working in tandem to ensure that their students felt cared for and contented, each program achieved the same goal in different ways, leading to long-lasting changes to be preserved after the pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]