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Hocking College prepares medical-marijuana testing lab, research major
Columbus Dispatch
As Hocking College prepares to start testing medical marijuana in its new laboratory, administrators plan to offer related courses to students interested in cannabis and other fields requiring laboratory research skills.

After introducing tuition-free college, Cuomo gets heat for a tuition hike
WPIX 11 New York (with video)
After expanding a program that allows students at the city’s 24 public colleges and universities to attend tuition-free, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces intensifying criticism for a tuition increase approved by a state board whose members he appointed.

Georgia’s Albany Tech continues push for commercial driver recruits
Albany Herald
The Albany Transportation Academy is designed to create a pool of trained, qualified employees to support the transportation industry and those industries that rely on efficient and cost-effective systems to move goods and services in the region.

NWACC officials considers adding dorms
ArkansasOnline
Dorms would change the nature of the Northwest Arkansas Community College campus. For instance, the school would need to provide certain services 24-hours-a-day.

Cape Cod Community College to build science center with $25M bond funds
Boston Business Journal
The two-year college was among the recipients of capital construction bond funds through legislation that Gov. Charlie Baker signed last week.

Commentary: Students need help making Finish Line
Daily Advance
North Carolina’s Finish Line program focuses on students’ non-educational expenses, but students could more likely afford those expenses if higher education itself was cheaper.

His two-year degree cost him $90,000. Now he’s in a battle with the Education Department
CNBC
The closing of another national for-profit college chain reignites debates regarding canceling the debt of those who were attending a failing institution.

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