Despite recent reforms, transferring from California’s community colleges to one of the state’s public four-year systems is so complex and cumbersome that it’s costing students time and money — and it also can have an…
A spending bill passed Wednesday by a Senate appropriations subcommittee would provide a 1.7 percent increase — $100 — to the maximum Pell Grant award, setting it at $6,020 for fiscal year 2018. Matthew DembickiMatthew…
The U.S. Education Department on Tuesday activated its emergency response contact center in response to the devastating impact of Hurricane Harvey in the Houston area. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community College Daily and serves as…
Dale Parnell, who led the American Association of Community Colleges through the 1980s and championed the need to help all students transition better from high school to college and on to careers, passed away April…
The House Education and the Workforce Committee on Wednesday passed by voice vote a bill to revamp the Perkins Act, which is a key source of federal funding for many community colleges’ workforce development programs….
Virginia Foxx is on a personal quest to nix the “T” word, as in “training.” Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community College Daily and serves as associate vice president of communications for the American Association of…
With its flagship university rejecting nearly a quarter of transfer credits from community college students, Connecticut lawmakers are considering legislation to create pathways for students that would guarantee core courses transfer to all public state…
NEW ORLEANS – Dual enrollment is currently hot in the community college field. At some colleges, it makes the bulk of new enrollments. But there are myriad ways two-year colleges are partnering with K-12 schools…
NEW ORLEANS — Community colleges engaged in creating guided pathways for students are facing some expected challenges — from difficult conversations with faculty, to improving career counseling — but the changes are yielding results, even early on in…
A new partnership between a Northern Virginia community college and a local university not only aims to increase graduation rates and help students save time and money, it also hopes to meet the workforce needs…