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Legislative fix would save student housing at some California community colleges CalMatters In California, a June budget deal required community colleges to raise their own money to build affordable student housing. Now two bills are…
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Tapping powerful labor market information for agility
In 2020, after more than 200 years, the Remington Arms factory in Ilion, New York, shut its doors, and nearly 250 mainly skilled labor employees without college degrees were let go. But fortunately, Mohawk Valley…
It’s complicated
Sixty percent of former community college students cite work goals as the main reason they enrolled at a two-year college, but only about half of those individuals say their education helped to fulfill those goals,…
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Untapped potential palabra Community colleges are increasingly offering a more affordable alternative for Latino students when it comes to getting a bachelor’s degree. Blue Mountain Community College announced groundbreaking for FARM II The Observer The…
Funding roundup
Kankakee Community College has accepted $250,000 obtained through a legislative appropriation supported by the efforts of Illinois state Sen. Patrick Joyce. “Right now, we see a misalignment between the skills in our workforce and the…
This week’s poll: Fall enrollments
Community college enrollments overall appear to be blooming this fall in varying degrees, according to reports from more than a dozen colleges and systems that responded to an inquiry from Community College Daily. Daily StaffCCDaily…
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Moran stops at semiconductor plant groundbreaking ceremony, Flint Hills Technical College demonstrate workforce development links KVOE On the surface, U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran’s visits to Emporia and Burlington, Kansas, may not seem to have much…
Two-year enrollments appear to surge this fall
After tapering off somewhat during the Great Recession and even more dramatically during the Covid pandemic, community college enrollments overall appear to be blooming this fall in varying degrees, according to reports from more than…
A sample of enrollment jumps and reasons behind them
Other community colleges that responded to CC Daily’s inquiry also mostly have positive numbers to report as of August. Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland was up 4.4% in headcount and 6.3% in full-time equivalent (FTE)…
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Maine community college enrollment up by 18% WFVX Early fall enrollment at Maine’s community colleges is up by 18% over last year, and has surpassed pre-pandemic levels. More students consider community college to get higher…