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Section: Institutions > Community Colleges
Students
New Hampshire Community Colleges Balancing Access, Affordability
New Hampshire community colleges are working to bridge workforce gaps despite some of the highest costs of tuition in the country.
July 31, 2016
Students
Northern Essex CC Combating Immigrant ‘Brain Waster’ Phenomenon
At Northern Essex’s Lawrence campus, where 66 percent of the student population is Hispanic, college officials are engaged in a multipronged approach to ease the process of validating credentials and credits earned overseas.
July 28, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Johns Hopkins to Offer Dozens of Employees $36K to Buy Homes
BALTIMORE ― Johns Hopkins University is offering dozens of its full-time employees $36,000 grants toward buying a house near its east Baltimore medical campus. Andy Frank, special adviser to the university’s president, says the grants, paid for by the school’s “Live Near York Work” program, are part of a larger effort to bring new life […]
July 27, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Board of Metropolitan Community College Asks Chairman to Quit
OMAHA, Neb. ― The board of a community college in Omaha has voted to ask its chairman to resign. The Metropolitan Community College Board of Governors voted 6-4 Tuesday night to ask Fred Conley to resign from his position as chairman of the board, the Omaha World-Herald reported. “His resignation is absolutely necessary to protect […]
July 27, 2016
Students
Open Educational Resources Paying Off for Some Colleges
A growing number of colleges are turning to open educational resources (OER) in an effort to relieve some financial stress for students.
July 27, 2016
Students
Illinois Making Strides Toward Reforming Remedial Education
The community college system in Illinois is making progress toward reducing the number of students going into remedial education.
July 26, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Thomas A. Walker Selected as Wayne Community College President
Dr. Thomas A. Walker Jr. officially will be approved as the sixth president of Wayne Community College on Tuesday in a meeting of the Goldsboro, N.C., school’s board of trustees, according to a statement released by the college Monday. Walker, nominated by the board on June 17, has been approved by the State Board of […]
July 25, 2016
Students
Free Community College Program Preparing to Launch in San Diego
Free community college is coming to San Diego. This fall, the first cohort of 201 students will participate in the San Diego Promise pilot program.
July 21, 2016
Sports
For the Black Athlete, Diversity and Inclusion Still the Elephant in Room
In college sports, we are missing many of the key elements associated with the concept of diversity.
July 20, 2016
Leadership & Policy
Nebraska Educator Taking President’s Post in North Carolina
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. ― A North Carolina community college board has chosen a Nebraska educator to become the college’s next president. Thomas Walker Jr. is expected to be confirmed by the State Board of Community Colleges July 26 as president of Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Walker has been president of Central Community […]
July 18, 2016
Students
Eloy Oakley Named Chancellor of California Community Colleges System
Eloy Oakley becomes the first Latino to lead the California Community Colleges, the nation’s largest and most diverse system of public higher education.
July 18, 2016
Students
Pros Advise Higher Ed Endowment Managers to Stick to Principles
When it comes to managing endowments at institutions of higher education and trying to acquire good returns on investments, the task is fraught with unpredictability.
July 14, 2016
Students
Activist Role Grows on Breana Ross of United States Student Association
Breana Ross is vice president of the United States Student Association (USSA), the nation’s oldest student-led movement with a membership of 1.5 million.
July 14, 2016
Students
Dallas’ El Centro College—When a Sniper Cancels Finals
The Dallas County Community College District hopes to be open for Monday after finals were canceled Friday due to a sniper.
July 10, 2016
Community Colleges
Panel: Free Community College Plans Need More Focus on Adult Learners
As the concept of free community college continues to take root throughout the country, policymakers need to give more thought to the role that such plans can play in the lives of adult learners.
June 30, 2016
African-American
California Community Colleges Expand Transfer Deal with HBCUs
California Community Colleges and 21 historically Black colleges and universities now have an agreement that potentially will increase the number of community college students going to HBCUs.
June 20, 2016
Students
Restructuring Student Loans May Prove Problematic
While income-based repayment systems for student loans have evidently worked in other countries, implementing such a system on a broad basis here in the United States could prove problematic.
June 14, 2016
Students
The Realization of What You are Teaching
How many of us actively question this point to ourselves, “What am I teaching students and what are they learning when I may not realize this is occurring?”
June 10, 2016
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