Funding roundup
Palm Beach State College (PBSC) in Florida will use a $75,000 Lockheed Martin grant to help students in the college’s electrical power technology program navigate challenges created by the coronavirus pandemic. Through the grant, 24…
COVID-19
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Iowa community colleges advocate for inclusion on vaccination list as soon as possibleKCRGAfter being excluded from the groups eligible to receive the Covid vaccination in phase 1B of Iowa’s rollout, community colleges are hoping to…
Washington Watch: Poised to pass more funding for higher ed
The House Education and Labor Committee was poised to approve legislation at our press time on Tuesday night that would provide $39.6 billion in additional higher spending to combat the pandemic’s impact. The bill was…
Reporter’s notebook
House education committee member dies of CovidMattis speaks with student veteransEMS students assemble first-aid kitsSmithfield Foods expands apprenticeships into MissouriHealth lab in a home setting House education committee member dies of Covid Rep. Ron Wright…
Helping other students — and gaining valuable experience
In 2019, two community college alumni at the University of California, Berkeley created College Leap to help community college students transfer. Now, with 20 chapters and multiple activities in the works, the co-founders aim to…
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SUNY community colleges brace for $46M cuts over 2 yearsNNY 360Community colleges in the State University of New York system will prioritize cutting administrative jobs and staff to offset revenue gaps caused by the pandemic,…
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More than 19K Michigan residents apply for tuition-free community college in first 24 hoursmLiveOn Tuesday afternoon, Michigan officials launched a program aimed at helping people over 25 without college degrees pay for community college or…
More coordination needed, Walsh says
Marty Walsh, President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. labor secretary, said at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday that he would seek closer ties with the U.S. Education Department (ED) and other federal agencies to better…
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Newsom’s proposal would create ‘dual admission’ program for community college transfer studentsEdSourceCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to ease the transfer from community colleges to the state’s public universities, and newly released details draw a clearer…
Cardona: More CTE exploration at middle, high schools
President Joe Biden’s pick for education secretary would like to see students in middle school through high school have more opportunities to explore career and technical education (CTE) programs to help inform them about potential…