How UC Riverside added 8,225 transfer students and why it needs more
Press-Enterprise
Student Jessica Troupe’s academic path follows the model California Gov. Jerry Brown is pushing for the state’s higher education system: more students saving money and space in University of California (UC) classrooms by starting at community colleges, then transferring to a UC campus.
Battle over immigration rattles community colleges
New York Times
According to a report from the California Community Colleges System, up to 70,000 undocumented students attend the state’s 114 community colleges, more than 3 percent of the 2.1 million students enrolled.
FDTC’s dual-enrollment HVAC program to launch at Florence One Schools
SCNow
In South Carolina, Florence-Darlington Technical College is launching a new dual-enrollment program to help high school students in Florence One Schools get a head start on well-paying careers in heating, ventilation and air conditioning.
Oklahoma City Community College providing food, mentors for students
NewsOK.com
Workers are transforming a classroom in the transportation and technology hallway into a food pantry, which Oklahoma City Community College President Jerry Steward expects to be ready when fall classes begin.