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Racing technical colleges (part one)
Hot Rod Network
From constructors to crew chiefs, a great many of the current members of the top tier race teams got their start by attending community and technical colleges.

Appalachian Regional Commission awards additional $2.4M for coal-impacted areas
Beckley Register-Herald
Part of the grant announced this week goes to the American Association of Community Colleges to help expand industry connections and technical training capacities for community college.

Merging colleges to cut costs and still boost graduation rates
Huffington Post
Increasing college graduation rates without increasing funding is a goal in many states. At least one is demonstrating it’s possible to use the merger of two- and four-year schools to help boost graduation rates.

Community colleges, industry to collaborate on manufacturing and technology curriculum
KJZZ (with audio)
In the industrial technology lab at Gateway Community College in midtown Phoenix, teacher Jason Jenkins is explaining the finer points of how to write commands for what’s known in the manufacturing world as a CNC machine.

Tuition hike for state universities, community colleges gets committee OK
Hartford Courant
The proposal in Connecticut calls for a 2.5 percent increase in each of the next two years at the state’s community colleges.

Hawkeye Community College seeking bids for new urban campus
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
Adult education students will continue to be the focus of programs when the new facility opens at the Iowa college.

Celebrating the role of community colleges in North Carolina
North State Journal (subscription required)
North Carolina Community Colleges served more than 700,000 North Carolinians last year, compared to 220,000 served by the state’s university system.

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