Academic programs

New college students struggled last fall

A new report by the Center for Community College Student Engagement sheds more details about the impact of the pandemic on first-time students at community colleges, which have seen staggering drops in enrollments across the…


e-Headlines

Maricopa Community Colleges implement new security system after 2nd cyberattack in 8 yearsArizona RepublicSince March 16, students in the Arizona community college system have been unable to access platforms such as MyInfo, Canvas, RioLearn, Maricopa…


Advising community college students during a pandemic

The year 2020 was not one that higher education professionals will soon forget. Institutions quickly shifted their practices to provide students an education experience in ways never seen before. Advising professionals learned new technology, discovered…


Bridging the broadband divide

On a spring weekend in 2020, Gregory McLeod went to his office on a Sunday to catch up on work and reflect on the many changes the coronavirus pandemic had brought to Edgecombe Community College…


Serving ESL students in an urban community college

English as second language (ESL) students are an ever-increasing portion of the adult education population of community colleges nationwide. Guilford Technical Community College in North Carolina is among them. At its Greensboro campus, the percentage…


Reporter’s notebook

Vaccine distribution hubsMore colleges freeze tuition Vaccine distribution hubs The Biden administration will look at how to leverage community colleges and minority-serving institutions as hubs for Covid vaccinations, in part, to reach low-income and people…


e-Headlines

ED begins rolling back Trump-era policies on defrauded studentsNPRThe U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday it is scrapping a controversial formula, championed by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, that granted only partial student loan relief…


Tiny homes for student parents

Every year, Glenn Richards, director of housing at Jackson College in Michigan, used to get one or two students calling to say they were scheduling their classes, but they would need housing with their children….


Assessing Covid’s impact on college campuses

At El Paso Community College (EPCC) in Texas, enrollments this spring are down -12.5%, following a -9.5% drop in the fall. Among its first-time-in-college students, enrollments dipped -12% this spring, compared to -31% in the…


Congress mulls the future of HPOG

A pilot program that trains low-income individuals to attain entry-level healthcare jobs that hopefully lead to more education and better-paying positions is getting a closer look by Congress. The Worker and Family Support Subcommittee, which…