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Dual-enrollment bill reintroduced in Senate Raising funds to expand Unmudl NEH grants to expand humanities Dual-enrollment bill reintroduced in Senate A bipartisan team of senators last week reintroduced legislation to expand the use of federal…


How will AI impact the future of the LMS?

First a caveat. Predicting the future is hard. Predicting the future development of learning management systems (LMS) is very hard — even for LMS developers. There’s been a great deal of hand-wringing in education since…


CUNY charges up curriculum with digital literacy

To ensure greater equity among teaching students’ digital literacy — and to ensure that they can confidently and enthusiastically deliver such instruction to their diverse populations of students — the City University of New York…


Lean on me

Pushy parents are often integral in the process of students applying to colleges, and they can be crucial for students who want to transfer from a two- to a four-year institution. But what about students…


ICYMI: Coverage of the 2023 AACC Annual

Here is a compilation of CC Daily articles on the 2023 AACC Annual in Denver. We look forward to seeing you in Louisville, Kentucky, for the 2024 annual convention! The best of the best: 2023…


Busting the CEO stereotype

DENVER — There was definitely a community vibe at the AACC Annual session titled “Fierce Women CEOs: Be One, Know One, Support One.” Fifteen minutes before the presentation was scheduled to start, it was already…


Filling in the gaps in dual enrollment

DENVER — Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) has offered dual-enrollment programming since 2004. But after analyzing its dual-enrollment data in recent years, NOVA leaders saw some big gaps and took action. Leaders wanted to find…


Increasing digital equity

DENVER — When community colleges work to close the digital divide, it benefits not only students, but also their families and the workforce. The Connecting Minority Communities (CMC) pilot program through the National Telecommunications and…


The benefits of ‘wasteful journeys’

DENVER — Where do innovators come from? Most of them are, well, often futzing around, according to disruption strategist Shawn Kanungo. And that’s how their ideas sprout and develop. Speaking Sunday at the AACC Annual…


Headlines

Commentary: It’s time for California education to meet reality Lompoc Record California’s Master Plan is now older than 85% of all Californians and predates not just cell phones and the internet, but also three-point seatbelts,…