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Commentary: Community colleges, the PROSPER Act and the path to student success RealClearEducation.com Community colleges are often the first resort for Americans looking to put their skills to work as soon as possible, writes Rep….
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Minority groups in Ore. still face college barriers
Minority groups still face barriers in paying for and completing degrees at Oregon’s public colleges and universities, amid overall mixed results for college students and graduating high school seniors, according to a new state report….
Funding roundup
Northwestern Michigan College’s (NMC’s) Great Lakes Maritime Academy (GLMA) will get some needed upgrades this summer thanks to a $1 million allocation in the federal 2018 omnibus spending bill, which Congress passed last month. The…
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New CEOs Keith Cornille has been named president of Heartland Community College in Illinois, effective July 1. He is currently executive vice president and chief student services officer at Madison College, where he came aboard…
In-depth data drive change
The Voluntary Framework of Accountability (VFA), a data system developed by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), is helping participating colleges pinpoint areas where they excel and need to improve in order drive real…
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Maryland proposal for free community college is part of a national trend. But does it work? Baltimore Sun Free college tuition programs like the one lawmakers approved in the final hours of Maryland’s General Assembly…
Former ITT nursing students find closure at PCC
It may have been a temporary training program, but it will have a lasting impact on its graduates. James HillJames Hill is a communications specialist at Portland Community College in Oregon.More Posts – Website
Not your average vending machine
in Michigan, Grand Rapids Community College students are preparing for exams with the help of an unusual resource: a laptop vending machine. David Murrayis director of communications at Grand Rapids Community College in Michigan.More Posts
One college’s problem is another college’s solution
Madison Area Technical College and Waukesha County Technical College in Wisconsin have found mutual benefits from a partnership between a truck driving program and a diesel equipment technology program. Susan Pohorskiis a public relations and…
Women leaders advise their peers
It was during a session on women aspiring to become college presidents at last year’s American Association of Community Colleges’ Annual Convention that Elizabeth Pluhta and two colleagues were inspired to pitch a similar session…