Finishing with little debt: Significantly fewer two-year degree students finish their degree with student loan debt than students earning credentials from for-profit or four-year institutions. (Read the PDF.) AACC StaffMore Posts – Website
Promise programs are more effective when community college students are given targeted support services, according to two new studies by MDRC. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts – Website
HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, is celebrating a $1.3 million bequest from Gloria W. Paxton. The gift will establish the John E. Paxton and Gloria W. Paxton Fund for Excellence in STEAM, which will provide…
Five North Carolina community colleges are better equipped to address health care needs across the state — including the opioid epidemic — thanks to an investment from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina….
Florida’s Miami Dade College will use a $50,000 donation from Univision Communications Inc. to provide scholarships for students in the Miami Animation and Gaming International Complex (MAGIC) program. Univision and MDC also are collaborating on…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) won’t hold off on issuing new higher education regulations while lawmakers negotiate on reauthorizing the Higher Education Act, according to U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Matthew Dembickiis editor of Community…
Macomb Community College’s Center for Advanced Automotive Technology (CAAT) in Michigan got a boost with a $1 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. Tabitha Whissemoreis a contributor to Community College Daily and managing editor of…
House appropriators on both sides of the aisle support extending Pell Grant eligibility to quality short-term programs, but Democrats on a House education funding subcommittee want assurances that unscrupulous colleges won’t exploit the expansion for…
In terms of big donations, March has been a good month for some community colleges. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts – Website
Cybersecurity workers protect crucial information across the industry spectrum, from health records to bank accounts to sensitive military communications. A massive shortage of skilled technical employees in the U.S. has put the nation’s digital privacy…