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‘The future of learning is lifelong learning’: A Q&A with Dr. Walter Bumphus
ACT blog
The president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges provides insights on the benefits of community college, how colleges are responding to the threat of automation displacing workers, and why the future of learning is lifelong learning.

Vital federal program to help parents in college is ‘a drop in the bucket’
NPR
Student parents often have higher GPAs than students without children, but they are also more likely to drop out, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.

How this community college is preparing students for careers in aviation
PBS NewsHour
According to Boeing, 800,000 new pilots will be needed worldwide over the next 20 years. Central Oregon Community College is preparing students to resolve this critical need — and cultivate their own career success.

PCC trustees hear about the importance of short-term workforce education
Reflector
Workforce development is very much on the minds of community college leaders and state officials in North Carolina.

Commentary: Community colleges and the future of workforce development
Forbes
There is a perfect opportunity for community colleges and local businesses to band together to create workforce development programs that create skilled workers who also have the “soft” interpersonal skills to keep them relevant and able to adjust to changes longer-term, writes Nancy Lee Sánchez, executive director of the Kaplan Education Foundation.

Commentary: Freshman forgiveness should be extended to transfers
Daily Trojan
At the University of Southern California, freshmen may repeat a maximum of three courses taken during the first two semesters if they received a grade of D+ or lower. This policy, which is extended to spring admits, is not extended to transfer students, even though they are also first-time, four-year students.

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