Bellevue College President Jerry Weber knew that many of his students were passionate about the environment. A student-run environmental fund collects money each quarter to support campus sustainability projects, and an academic concentration in sustainability…
This article is part of a bimonthly series provided by the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations (NCMPR), an affiliated council of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). It previously was published in…
Pennsylvania community college grads have a new discounted school option Philadelphia Inquirer Under a new agreement, graduates of Pennsylvania’s 14 community colleges can go on to earn their bachelor’s degrees online from a New Hampshire…
We don’t know much about Steven Hurst’s background, but what we do know is at some point he made a poor decision that landed him in Sheriff Michael Atkinson’s jail in Walton County, Florida. Steven’s…
New CEOs Bentley Wallace will serve as the next president of South Arkansas Community College, effective February 1. He is currently dean of technical and professional studies at the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College (UA-PTC)….
Colorado community college seeks to fill shortage of nurses with bachelor’s degrees KUNC Matthew Roberts is one of about 20 students enrolled in the first class of the Front Range Community College’s new RN-BSN (Bachelor…
Editor’s note: This article is part of a series focusing on MentorLinks, a program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and managed by the American Association of Community Colleges. During its first year in MentorLinks program, the…
New numbers show more colleges using high school grades, not just standardized tests, to determine if students require remedial coursework LA School Report The share of community colleges and four-year public universities that have started…
Editor’s note: This excerpt comes from the current issue of our sister publication, the Community College Journal, published by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) since 1930. John Ratzenberger is an American actor, voice actor,…
Homeless in college: Students sleep in cars, on couches when they have nowhere else to go USA Today Three years ago, Kyshawna Johnson, 23, had a lot more than homework on her mind as she…