The money — and research — behind a new network to boost college completion
Inside Philanthropy
In the months ahead, Strong Start to Finish plans to award three-year grants of up to $2.25 million to states and college systems to put effective reforms into practice. These reforms are drawn from evidence-based principles developed by an alliance of national organizations, including the American Association of Community Colleges.
Trump administration selects former DeVry official to lead college enforcement unit
Politico
The Trump administration has tapped a former for-profit college official to lead the U.S. Education Department unit that polices fraud in higher education.
Commentary: Free community college in Baltimore: a good start, but not enough
Baltimore Sun
In a state where over 500,000 adults are without a high school diploma, quality — including proper funding for highly skilled, full-time teaching staff and the programs students need — is just as important as access.
New president calls on his college to ‘embrace change’
Buffalo News
Dan Hocoy, embarking on his first semester as president of New York’s Erie Community College (ECC), called on faculty and staff to embrace change and join him in creating a new ECC.
Cooperation, collaboration key to filling South Carolina aerospace jobs
Post and Courier
Students taking the courses will be better prepared for training at the state’s technical colleges for certificates in advanced manufacturing careers with companies like Lockheed Martin, which is moving production of its F-16 fighter jet to the S.C. Technology and Aviation Center in Greenville from Texas this year, and Boeing Co., which makes its 787 Dreamliner commercial airplanes in North Charleston.
