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Colleges face a reckoning: Is a degree really necessary? New York Times (subscription required) An uncomfortable question still lurks after seven years of trying to entice more students into higher education, even for people like…
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Hinds CC launching evening classes with childcare, dinner in January WJTV Mississippi’s Hinds Community College will provide childcare, tutoring and dinner at no cost to students enrolled in Tuesday night classes on the Jackson campus…
Funding roundup
Wallace Community College-Dothan (WCCD) has received more than $2.7 million from the Alabama Community College System as part of the Alabama Centers for Rural Healthcare Opportunity legislative appropriation. The grant will fund “Neighbors in Health:…
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New CEO Alycia Marshall, who has served as interim president at the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) since May, is now the college’s permanent president. She previously was CCP’s provost and vice president for academic…
When every pocket becomes a supercomputer
When I walk across our campuses, I see students and employees engaged with their mobile phones, tablets and laptops. Each of those devices is now a portal not just to information, but to intelligence. With…
Higher education’s talent pipeline is clogged with half-finished doctorates
With a new academic year in full swing, millions of students are just setting out on their college journeys. But for many of their professors, advisors and mentors, an important academic journey of their own…
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Voices of student success: Providing AI training for all students The Key Podcast (Inside Higher Ed) San Diego State University leaders have created what they call “an equitable AI alliance” with the University of California,…
DataPoints: An increase in short-term credentials
Public community colleges awarded more than 1.52 million credentials in the 2023-24 academic year, according to recently released data from the U.S. Education Department. The total number of credentials dropped in academic year (AY) 2019-20…
Changing childcare offerings at community colleges
For parenting students, accessible childcare can be a lifeline and a necessity in order to stay in college. While many community colleges provide childcare on campus, some work with community partners to connect students to…
Why Alabama is ahead of the curve on Workforce Pell
Following a decade-long effort, federal funding for learners to attend short-term workforce training programs became law this summer. But the creation of Workforce Pell grants is not the end of a long journey for policymakers. It’s…