Solving the mystery of tech support
Community College tech support professionals deal with solving mysteries on a daily basis. Some calls and emails can be an open-and-shut case (Have you turned it off and on?), but others need some detective work…
Campus Issues
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New downtown KCKCC campus hopes to close economic divide in Wyandotte County Fox4KC Fifty years ago, Kansas City Kansas Community College left downtown for a new campus out west. Now it’s coming back, creating new…
Reporter’s notebook
House bill would OK efforts to reach adult learners Developing a talent pool for semiconductor industry Expanding teacher apprenticeships House bill would OK efforts to reach adult learners House lawmakers have introduced bipartisan legislation to…
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Ford, BlueOval SK battery plant in Kentucky to start hiring workers at $21+ starting wages Louisville Courier Journal An electric vehicle battery park in Kentucky is expected to create 5,000 new jobs in the state….
Reaching the next rung
For minority populations striving to reach new heights of academia, it is often the smaller slights that equate to feelings of marginalization. As just one example, Monique Umphrey recalls a superior handing an initiative she…
Newsmakers
New CEOs Virginia M. Fraire will serve as the second president of Lone Star College-University Park (Texas). Fraire has nearly 30 years of experience in higher education at two- and four-year open-access institutions and most…
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Hampton Roads delegation attends workforce readiness mission to Germany City of Portsmouth, Virginia The delegation, which included Hampton Roads mayors, business leaders and community college and university leaders, explored Germany’s dual-track vocational education and training…
Washington Watch: Tough funding talks down the road
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved a fiscal year 2024 spending bill for education, workforce development and other programs that sets the stage for difficult negotiations later this year to reconcile differences between its…
State directors reflect on wins, challenges ahead
At the just-concluded summer meeting of state community college directors, updates were more positive than they have been in recent years. Meeting earlier this week in Boston, the National Council of State Directors of Community…
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More high schoolers are earning college credit in Wisconsin Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The number of high school students taking advantage of “dual enrollment” programs statewide has more than doubled in the past decade, according to…