South Carolina Technical College system recommends no tuition increases for fallSCNowThe South Carolina Technical College system has recommended to the presidents and governing commissions of each college that they do not increase tuition rates for…
Interim CEO Mike Muñoz, vice president of student services at Long Beach City College (California), is now interim superintendent-president of the Long Beach Community College District. Muñoz, who joined the college in 2018, has helped…
2 Missouri community colleges to offer bachelor’s degreesAssociated PressMissouri’s Coordinating Board for Higher Education on Wednesday approved plans for Ozarks Technical Community College in Springfield and St. Louis Community College to offer bachelor’s degree programs…
The governors of Texas and Mississippi are lifting mask mandates and rolling back Covid restrictions, but community colleges and other organizations can continue to require masks and social distancing. And several two-year colleges have announced…
Covid has prompted many of us to look at things differently. For Samantha Raymond, a junior at Tufts University, it helped her learn to appreciate the value of community college, after taking courses at Montgomery…
Congress in December lifted a ban that, since 1994, has prevented access to Pell grants for people in prison. That means nearly half a million inmates could be eligible for Pell, according to the Vera…
Oakton Community College (OCC) is partnering with a national cannabis company to build a new lab on campus that will train workers for the local and regional emerging cannabis industry. The Illinois college will develop…
As part of its overall advocacy strategy to promote equity and student success, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is endorsing a doubling of the Pell Grant maximum. The Pell Grant program continues to…
Community colleges at a crossroads: Enrollment is plummeting, but political clout is growingWashington PostLeaders of the sector sense a unique chance to promote their schools. “It is quite a moment,” said Walter G. Bumphus, president…
The Senate on Monday confirmed Miguel Cardona, Connecticut’s education commissioner, as secretary of the U.S. Education Department (ED) by a vote of 64 to 33. Walter Bumphus, president and CEO of the American Association of…