San Jacinto College launches CPD Learn@Home

By Melissa Trevizo The San Jacinto College department of continuing and professional development (CPD) launched their site, Learn@Home at the beginning of May to address online learning needs for families during the stay-at-home orders of the pandemic and beyond. “We noticed that there was a larger need in the community for at-home learning support during this pandemic,” said Dr. Janice...

Open Books: Three years in, options and achievements continue to grow

By Courtney Morris San Jacinto College has coined its own name for accessible, affordable higher education: Open Books. This spring, when the College moved to online/hybrid instruction to promote social distancing, it already had Open Books in its toolkit. As health and financial concerns loomed, the initiative answered the call for accessible course materials that would also be easy on...