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Why community colleges are using their Covid relief funds to erase student debtThe 74The money, available through both the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act and the more recent American Rescue Plan Act, allows…
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A breakdown on enrollment barriers
Everyone knows that cost is a major barrier to college enrollment. Now there’s more data to back that up. This summer, the Cengage Group surveyed 1,622 people – a mix of currently enrolled college students…
Washington Watch: Big win for students in Ways and Means legislation
Tucked in the trillion-dollar tax bill that the House Ways and Means Committee is now working on is a provision of immense financial benefit to community college students. The change would eliminate the taxation of…
How colleges can back their diversity efforts
Editor’s note: This article comes from the current issue of Community College Journal, published bimonthly by the American Association of Community Colleges. The concept of diversity at any institution of higher education must encompass the…
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Kvaal in as under secretaryDelgado celebrates 100 years, while it is closed Examples of Excelencia finalists Kvaal in as under secretary The Senate has finally approved James Kvaal as under secretary, the U.S. Education Department’s…
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Commentary: Stop treating community colleges as the fallback option or a last resortInsiderVery rarely are community colleges positioned as aspirational — as a place where people go because the school is great at something, where…
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Austin Community College to partner with Toyota to address need for auto techniciansKXANThe Texas college is partnering with Toyota Motor North America and will offer a program known as the technician training and education network,…
Funding roundup
Phoenix College (PC) alumnus Jay Faulkner, class of 1947, has become the largest individual donor to PC, the Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation and the Maricopa County Community Colleges District (MCCCD) with a bequest of $4.7 million. The…
New options for mental health services
As students return to campus, community colleges are finding new ways to address mental health issues and broadening access to mental health support. Students at Holyoke Community College will have access to counselors both in-person…
House ed committee passes funding legislation
The House Education and Labor Committee on Friday approved its $761 billion component of a House reconciliation bill that would expand federal Pell grants and establish free community college tuition in participating states. The legislation…