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Minorities making up bigger ratio of Iowa community college enrollment
The Gazette
Mirroring demographic shifts in the state, minority enrollment across Iowa’s 15 community colleges swelled to a record 23 percent in the last academic year.

John Deere partners with Garden City to offer free college to tech students
Hutchinson News
Students in Kansas are learning to fix tractors for free as Garden City and Fort Scott community colleges are part of the John Deere agriculture tech program that offers students free tuition at one of 16 tech programs at community colleges in the U.S.

Madison College wraps up its first virtual reality class
Wisconsin Public Radio (audio)
Students in last semester’s Digital Innovations class at Madison College (Wisconsin) got to try something new — the school’s first-ever virtual reality class.

Naval Community College kicks off January 2021 with IT, engineering majors
USNI News
The Navy’s community college will begin teaching its first cohort of students a year from now, with several hundred students studying engineering and information technology as a proof of concept of the value of providing technical education to enlisted sailors and Marines and civilians.

With building trades in demand, Wake Tech apprenticeships put students on road to job security
WRAL.com
More students now choose to bypass a traditional four-year college degree. They’ve discovered a growing demand for skilled-trades workers, which can mean a good-paying job in less time.

Arizona bill would ban transgender girls, women from teams
Associated Press
The measure is intended to prevent female athletes from being forced to compete against biological males, according to its supporters. It would apply to K-12 schools, community colleges and state universities but only to female teams.

Texas State Technical College partnering with Tesla on training program
Longview News-Journal
Beginning in March, Texas State Technical College in Waco will become the first college in Texas to host the Tesla START training program.

Commentary: Investing in students who are single moms will strengthen Kentucky’s economy
State-Journal
Single mothers, whose labor force participation is surging, are eager to prepare for in-demand jobs: 23 percent of all Kentucky undergraduates are parents and nearly half of these parents (roughly 23,000 students) are single mothers.

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