USA Today
Quit by Monday and get $25,000. Maybe. That was the message of a Friday afternoon email from the U.S. Department of Education’s top human resources official, who made the “one-time offer” to all staffers ahead of what she called a “very significant” impending workforce reduction.
EdNC
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt kicked off a tour of all 58 of the state’s community colleges with a visit to Brunswick Community College. Hunt will highlight the colleges’ workforce development efforts, seek feedback on the state’s role in supporting them, and meet with employers and community members to increase collaboration between colleges and partners.
Government Technology
As fraudsters exploit open-access policies and online learning, colleges are turning to artificial intelligence to reclaim student seats and safeguard financial aid.
Texas Tribune
A panel discussion about how community colleges in Texas are doing a year after the state’s funding-reform plan started.
KATU
Clackamas Community College President Tim Cook is set to embark on a 1,500-mile run this summer, visiting 17 community colleges across Oregon in 50 days.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A Wisconsin Court of Appeals has ruled that a grant program run by the Wisconsin Higher Education Aids Board to provide scholarships to students of certain minority groups is unconstitutional.
KJZZ
The Arizona Senate gave preliminary approval to a bill that would cut state funding for universities and community colleges that teach diversity, equity and inclusion. That means classes that cover anything related to institutional or systemic racism, whiteness, race or gender-based inclusion as related to contemporary American society. It has exceptions for historical events.
San Diego Union-Tribune
A recent pair of grants from the Mellon Foundation totaling $3 million will enable UC San Diego in La Jolla and the San Diego Community College District to usher their arts and humanities partnership into a new phase.
Savannah Morning News
The Georgia college’s new culinary institute is set to open in a renovated historic building downtown.
