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SMCC receives $1M-plus anonymous donation to support studentsWGMESouthern Maine Community College says it received a more than $1 million donation from an anonymous donor to benefit students in hands-on trade programs looking to enter the…
Campus Issues
Give ’em Pell
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan went to great lengths to finance his degree. He took out loans, worked part-time and even did magic shows to help pay for college. But it was another bit of magic…
How Pell grants got started
The Pell Grant program is considered the cornerstone of the federal student aid system. But when the late Sen. Claiborne Pell (D-Rhode Island) in the early 1970s proposed the federal grant program that could help…
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Multi-year safety campaign on Missouri college campus hits milestoneSpringfield News-LeaderA security fee of $3 per credit hour was approved in 2016 at Ozarks Technical Community College and the funds raised — roughly $600,000 a year…
For students experiencing a college closure, it’s a tough road back
Less than half (47%) of students whose college closed re-enrolled in another institution, according to a new report. Those who did return tended to stick to a similar institution. For example, students who experienced closures…
2022 ATE Principal Investigators’ Conference
CC Daily coverage of the 2022 Advanced Technological Education Principal Investigators’ Conference in Washington, D.C. The annual event is managed by the American Association of Community Colleges with support from the National Science Foundation. *…
DataPoints: Enrollment by race/ethnicity
Between fall 2010 and 2020, the shares of public two-year college students who were Hispanic and Asian increased, while the shares of students who were White and Black declined, according to a College Board analysis….
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Overall enrollment at Oregon public colleges, universities down this fallOregon Public RadioIt’s driven by an overall decline in community college enrollment of 3.6% in the state and a slight increase overall in public university enrollment…
Funding roundup
Col. William Curtis Hise has left a lasting legacy at Southern Illinois College (SIC). Hise had donated $3 million in honor of his sister to create the Ella Elizabeth Hise Museum of Regional Art and…
A new federal skills-based learning initiative
The Biden administration on Monday announced a new multi-federal department effort to boost skills-based learning and career paths that focuses on closer collaboration between schools, colleges, workforce development agencies and industry partners. The Education Department…