ABSTRACT In early 2020, the world was thrown into chaos with no organization, country, or individual escaping the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Just a year before in 2019, community colleges, universities and schools were thriving. 2020, however, was a year that none of us predicted, marked by the pandemic, as well as, other cataclysmic disrupters and shattering events. With a vastly different landscape, community colleges were confronted with dramatic shifts in how they operated and who they served. This article reflects on 2020, especially noting implications and challenges for community colleges. The pandemic highlighted inequities that already existed in society with opportunities for community colleges to model the way by being true to their egalitarian mission. Research questions are posed in areas of leadership; curriculum; funding; social and racial tension; self, family and community; and health and safety. A challenge for all who lead and study community colleges is to openly embrace these evolving questions and seek sound answers and creative solutions. Practitioners, leaders, policy makers and researchers are encouraged to learn from each other and to collaborate and document this era of challenge and change.

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2020 年，我们都没有预料到的一年：COVID-19 和社区学院

摘要在 2020 年初，世界陷入混乱，没有任何组织、国家或个人可以逃脱 COVID-19 大流行的影响。就在前一年的 2019 年，社区学院、大学和学校蓬勃发展。然而，2020 年是我们没有人预料到的一年，以大流行以及其他灾难性的破坏者和毁灭性事件为标志。在截然不同的环境中，社区学院面临着运营方式和服务对象的巨大转变。本文回顾了 2020 年，特别指出了社区大学的影响和挑战。大流行凸显了社会中已经存在的不平等现象，社区大学有机会通过忠于其平等使命来树立榜样。研究问题是在领导领域提出的；课程; 资金; 社会和种族紧张局势；自我、家庭和社区；以及健康和安全。所有领导和研究社区大学的人面临的挑战是公开接受这些不断变化的问题并寻求合理的答案和创造性的解决方案。鼓励从业者、领导者、政策制定者和研究人员相互学习，合作并记录这个充满挑战和变革的时代。