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New CEOs Dena McCaffrey will serve as president of Jefferson College in Missouri. She will begin as president-elect from one year beginning July 1 before taking the helm from Raymond Cummiskey who will retire on…
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Funding roundup
The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) will provide 96 new scholarships to students attending CSM to study in the STEM fields thanks to a $953,243 grant from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Scholarships in Science,…
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Kentucky universities, colleges could opt out of troubled pension system under bill Lexington Herald Leader Kentucky’s regional universities and community college system could opt out of the state’s troubled pension system under a new legislative…
Turning a pastime into a career
When Jason Burden enrolled at Salem Community College (SCC) in southern New Jersey after four years of military service, he had almost zero knowledge of how video games were built. Eric Neutuchis a freelance education…
High school counselors’ views on community colleges
High school counselors generally feel prepared to advise students about community colleges when it comes to their cost and how to enroll, but they are less confident in knowing about the deeper details, such as…
And the Awards of Excellence finalists are…
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has announced the finalists for its 2019 Awards of Excellence, which recognize exceptional work among the nation’s two-year colleges. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of…
Changing lives a continent away
Tanzania is one of the largest countries in Africa, but almost half of its 51.8 million people live on less than $1.90 per day, and 54 percent of its rural areas lack access to water. …
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Is New York’s population decline impacting college enrollment? SUNY says yes Democrat & Chronicle Enrollment across state-operated four-year institutions experienced about a 1 percent uptick in enrollment to about 224,000 students, but community colleges combined…
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Free community and technical college bill stalled in state House Education Committee Beckley Register-Herald With the omnibus education bill still being debated by South Carolina lawmakers, one bill that could offer free tuition to community…
Bumphus to serve on national workforce advisory board
Walter G. Bumphus, president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges, has been appointed to serve on a blue-ribbon advisory board to a national council that is crafting a comprehensive national workforce strategy….