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Commentary: Stop treating community colleges as the fallback option or a last resortInsiderVery rarely are community colleges positioned as aspirational — as a place where people go because the school is great at something, where…
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Austin Community College to partner with Toyota to address need for auto techniciansKXANThe Texas college is partnering with Toyota Motor North America and will offer a program known as the technician training and education network,…
Funding roundup
Phoenix College (PC) alumnus Jay Faulkner, class of 1947, has become the largest individual donor to PC, the Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation and the Maricopa County Community Colleges District (MCCCD) with a bequest of $4.7 million. The…
New options for mental health services
As students return to campus, community colleges are finding new ways to address mental health issues and broadening access to mental health support. Students at Holyoke Community College will have access to counselors both in-person…
House ed committee passes funding legislation
The House Education and Labor Committee on Friday approved its $761 billion component of a House reconciliation bill that would expand federal Pell grants and establish free community college tuition in participating states. The legislation…
In California, baccalaureate pilot closer to becoming permanent
California lawmakers have passed a bill to expand and make permanent a program that allows a select group of community colleges to offer baccalaureates in specific programs. The measure now heads to the governor. Currently,…
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How the big USNH and community college merger fizzledSentinelSource.comDespite the failure of the proposal this year, there is broad agreement that something needs to be done to help all postsecondary institutions deal with the fiscal…
ED competition recognizes pre-apprenticeships
A Pennsylvania community college has won the top prize in a U.S. Education Department (ED) competition that highlights high-quality pre-apprenticeship programs that also address equity and access. In addition, the first runner-up is a community…
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Mott Community College president to teach seminar on the ‘Significance of Black Wall Street’mLiveBeverly Walker-Griffea, president of the Michigan college, will soon begin a presidential seminar about the Greenwood District, an epicenter of Black business…
Newsmakers
Retirement Mark Erickson, president of Northampton Community College (NCC) in Pennsylvania, plans to retire next summer. Erickson joined the college in 2012, and over his nearly 10 years at the helm, he has steered the…