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Alabama Community College System to request nearly $700M budget Alabama Reflector The $694.1 million request for fiscal year 2026, approved by the system’s board of trustees this week, would be an 18% increase over the…
Campus Issues
AI in education: Opportunities, challenges and the human connection
As faculty grapple with ChatGPT’s emergence in student assignments and administrators field questions about AI policies, community colleges find themselves at a critical juncture. While some institutions have responded with restrictive policies and AI detection…
Funding roundup
The Austin Community College District (ACC) board of trustees and ACC Foundation this month have received a $322,760 gift from John Roueche, whose expertise in community college education has helped to develop many of the…
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North Carolina college to offer free tuition for spring 2025 WLOS Haywood Community College has announced that all students entering the spring 2025 semester will receive free tuition and coverage of select fees, courtesy of…
DataPoints: Part-time students in community colleges (Part 2)
Students enrolled in suburban institutions in the 2022-23 academic year were most likely to have started as part-time students (74%), while students in institutions located in towns were least likely to have begun their enrollment…
Stories in stone: Preserving historic grave markers
In the Concept Forge at Laramie County Community College (LCCC), Chris Allen methodically moves a wireless scanner over the surface of two objects. “Different surfaces can be challenging, so you have to find the right…
A steady drop projected for high school grads
The long-expected drop in high school graduates — which colleges watch closely as it affects their enrollments — is coming soon, but it will be gradual rather than a “demographic cliff,” and it will impact…
Supporting international students in and out of the classroom
International students bring invaluable diversity and global perspectives to our classrooms. However, adjusting to a new educational system and cultural environment can be challenging. Here are five essential tips that community colleges can do to…
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DOL kills apprenticeship rule aimed to raise labor standards, increase DEI HR Dive The U.S. Department of Labor won’t move forward with its embattled apprenticeship rule meant to update the existing Registered Apprenticeship program. Lawmakers…
Moving STEM ideas forward
The six community college teams in the 2024-2026 MentorLinks cohort met their mentors in October in Washington, D.C., and quickly fell into discussions about the details of their plans for improving a STEM technician education…