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Commentary: Harvard is less important than you thinkThe CrimsonThe colleges that teach the most students and have the largest impact on educational opportunity are facing a very different set of problems than elite institutions. So,…


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How employers view an associate degreeU.S. News & World Report“What we’re seeing at the national level is large companies looking at community colleges to advance their own workforce,” says Martha Parham, senior vice president for…


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Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees get free weekly English lessons at EvCCHerald NetWashington’s Snohomish County is home to 1,905 refugees from Ukraine. Refugee and Immigrant Services Northwest is helping them to build new lives. Your guide…


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Onondaga Community College gets ready for the arrival of President BidenCNYCentralOnondaga Community College has canceled classes on Thursday to accommodate President Joe Biden arriving on the campus to deliver remarks on the multi-billion-dollar Micron facility…


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Lack of transportation hinders community college studentsStateline (Pew Charitable Trusts)Monica Momoh, a 25-year-old freshman at the Community College of Baltimore County in Maryland, doesn’t cry easily. But one day a few weeks ago, she found…


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Companies lure hourly workers with college tuition perksAssociated PressWhile working full time for the chain, Daniella Malave completed two years of community college with annual stipends of $5,250 from Chipotle. After that, she enrolled in…


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Bay Area community college district opens new employee housingSan Jose Mercury NewsThe San Mateo County Community College District on Thursday opened a new 30-unit employee housing complex at Skyline College, the third such project undertaken…


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Utah now has one of the few business schools in the nation named solely for a womanSalt Lake TribuneSalt Lake Community College will use a $10 million donation from philanthropist Gail Miller to expand and…


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Texas commission recommends tying community colleges’ state funding to their performanceTexas TribuneA commission charged by the Texas Legislature to suggest new ways of financing the state’s community colleges unanimously approved its recommendation this week that…


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CCP’s new technology center aims to help more students of colorChalkbeat PhiladelphiaThe new $40 million Career and Advanced Technology Center at Community College of Philadelphia, which opened in August, has dramatically increased opportunities for students…