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Section: Institutions > Community Colleges
HBCUs
Expert: Career-based Courses Could Help Diversify STEM Workforce
Career-based courses that function like a virtual apprenticeship could be the answer to cultivating a diverse STEM workforce, an IBM executive said Wednesday.
April 5, 2017
Students
Bill Proposed to Put Dropouts Back on Educational Path
Rep. Bobby Scott has introduced legislation aimed to help out-of-school youth. Advocates say it is needed to help “disconnected” access higher ed.
March 28, 2017
Students
TRIO Advocates Say Budget Proposal Cuts to Core
When President Trump issued his budget plan for the government’s next fiscal year, his proposed cuts in education programs hit close to home for thousands of people who count federal assistance as key to their ability to go to and complete college.
March 26, 2017
Students
State-focused Leaders Backing Free K-14 System
Advocates say policymakers and higher education leaders should initiate a national discussion to establish a free and universal K-14 system to reduce disparities and make college more accessible.
March 22, 2017
Asian American Pacific Islander
Asian-American Studies Pioneer Philip Choy Dies
A self-trained historian who was part of a teaching tandem behind the first college-level, Chinese American course in this country has died. Philip P. Choy, 90, passed away at his San Francisco home last week.
March 21, 2017
Native Americans
Ponca Tribe’s History Played Key Role at Conference
Educators and stakeholders of two-year institutions shared best practices, along with new and different ways to teach, stimulate learning and enhance the community college experience at last week’s League for Innovation.
March 20, 2017
African-American
Persistence Puts Turner on Path to Education, Politics
Her mother’s sudden death, left Turner, who was then a 22-year-old sophomore at Cuyahoga Community College, and her police officer husband Jeffery, the task of caring for her six siblings and their own child.
March 19, 2017
Students
Expert: College Promise Programs must be ‘Sustainable’
To succeed over the long term, promise programs “should be sustainable,” said Dr. Martha Kanter, meaning that they “shouldn’t just redirect federal or state aid.”
March 13, 2017
Students
Rhode Island’s Free College Tuition Proposal Off to Rocky Start
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo’s signature initiative this year – a proposal for two years of free tuition at the state’s public colleges — is off to a rocky start. House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, a fellow Democrat, took to Twitter last month to call it “unsustainable and fiscally irresponsible.” Other lawmakers have […]
March 12, 2017
Students
Arkansas College Grant Provides 2 years of Tuition and Fees
JONESBORO, Ark. — Kyler Daniels has not yet graduated from Walnut Ridge High School, but the 19-year-old is already working as a certified nursing assistant. He has also earned needed certifications to work in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC). For the past two years, Daniels has taken advantage of electives offered at his school’s […]
March 12, 2017
Students
A2MEND Growing into its Empowerment Role
The African American Male Education Network and Development organization (A2MEND) conference marked its 10th anniversary last week by attracting more than 1,000 attendees and more than doubling the total amount of scholarship money awarded last year.
March 6, 2017
Students
Maricopa Community Colleges Giving ‘Step’ Compensation System the Boot
Maricopa Community Colleges seeks to usher in a new system that will change the way the school system compensates, recognizes and rewards its employees.
March 6, 2017
Students
Tennessee Finds Remedial Education Reform Success
A new report from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University sheds light on why developmental education may not be working at the community college level and offers some solutions.
February 27, 2017
Students
Professor Slashed with Box Cutter Allegedly Groped Woman
RICHMOND, Va. — According to a police report a Reynolds Community College professor allegedly touched a 24-year-old woman’s buttocks before she slashed him with a box cutter. The Richmond Times Dispatch reports that a Virginia State Police complaint states that the woman, Brittany Leigh Burfield, went to the officer of Douglas Gava at about 12:30 […]
February 26, 2017
Students
California Looks to Add More Four-year Degree Programs to Community Colleges
A new bill, SB 769, would double the number of four-year degree programs that the community college system can offer from 15 to 30.
February 22, 2017
Students
Achieving the Dream Promotes 7 Principles to Help Students Succeed
Several thousand educators from nearly 265 community colleges throughout the nation are meeting this week to strategize over how best to support and enhance student success work at their respective institutions.
February 22, 2017
Faculty & Staff
As the Academic World Turns, Leadership Evolves
The following trends stand out as significant and influential in terms of how colleges and universities operate.
February 22, 2017
Students
Report: Financial Pressure Swamping Community College Students
Despite relatively low costs, a Center for Community College Student Engagement report found that nearly half of all students said they were considering dropping out due to financial pressures.
February 20, 2017
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