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Photos from member colleges of the American Association of Community Colleges. Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Florida) visits Palm Beach State College’s Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence to announce $1 million in federal funding to the…
Photos from member colleges of the American Association of Community Colleges. Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Florida) visits Palm Beach State College’s Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence to announce $1 million in federal funding to the…
Community College of Allegheny County introduces program aimed at reducing gun violence WPXI The Pennsylvania college’s “Guns Down, Level Up” program aims to help people who have firsthand gun violence experiences to get the education,…
Community colleges offer many ways for people to develop new skills that prepare them for good jobs that pay a living wage or better. More and more, these learners are looking for ways to get…
Gretchen Whitmer: Expand Michigan Reconnect program for community college Bridge Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is urging Michigan lawmakers to expand the state’s tuition-free community college program known as Michigan Reconnect by lowering its minimum age…
New CEOs Joy Bodin will become president of Hennepin Technical College (HTC), effective immediately. She has served as interim president of Minnesota college since June 2022. Previously, Bodin was vice president of academic and student…
Key House Republications on Wednesday introduced a bill that would extend Pell Grant eligibility to qualifying short-term workforce education programs. Among the eligibility requirements is a formula to determine if programs “provide a positive return…
The Great Resignation has led to the Great Retraining, especially in the technology workforce, according to a new report from the Cengage Group. The global education technology company this fall re-surveyed Great Resigners — those…
Colorado community colleges could soon issue high school diplomas ColoradoPolitics.com If passed by the full state legislature, Senate Bill 7 would allow community colleges, area technical colleges and local district colleges to issue high school…
After a more than 20 years hiatus, Pell grants for people in prisons interested in pursuing higher education is back, and Portland Community College (PCC) is at the center of a state-funded program to help…
A widely cited Emory University study found that while 76% of incarcerated Americans return to prison within five years, that rate drops to 55% for those who take high school classes, 30% for those who…