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Biden will ask Supreme Court to revive student debt relief planPoliticoAs it fights in court, the White House is weighing a decision on further extending the payment pause. Alabama Community College System helps with bus…
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Photos from AACC-member institutions. Bates Technical College President Lin Zhou (center) welcomes first lady Dr. Jill Biden to campus for a tour of its youth apprenticeship and Technical High School programs that connect youth to…
Growing leaders in agriculture
As a young boy growing up in the Cayman Islands, Jordan Wilson remembers the first time he planted a mango seed. The fascination he felt watching the seed grow was the beginning of a lifelong…
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SMCC receives $1M-plus anonymous donation to support studentsWGMESouthern Maine Community College says it received a more than $1 million donation from an anonymous donor to benefit students in hands-on trade programs looking to enter the…
Give ’em Pell
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan went to great lengths to finance his degree. He took out loans, worked part-time and even did magic shows to help pay for college. But it was another bit of magic…
How Pell grants got started
The Pell Grant program is considered the cornerstone of the federal student aid system. But when the late Sen. Claiborne Pell (D-Rhode Island) in the early 1970s proposed the federal grant program that could help…
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Multi-year safety campaign on Missouri college campus hits milestoneSpringfield News-LeaderA security fee of $3 per credit hour was approved in 2016 at Ozarks Technical Community College and the funds raised — roughly $600,000 a year…
For students experiencing a college closure, it’s a tough road back
Less than half (47%) of students whose college closed re-enrolled in another institution, according to a new report. Those who did return tended to stick to a similar institution. For example, students who experienced closures…
2022 ATE Principal Investigators’ Conference
CC Daily coverage of the 2022 Advanced Technological Education Principal Investigators’ Conference in Washington, D.C. The annual event is managed by the American Association of Community Colleges with support from the National Science Foundation. *…
DataPoints: Enrollment by race/ethnicity
Between fall 2010 and 2020, the shares of public two-year college students who were Hispanic and Asian increased, while the shares of students who were White and Black declined, according to a College Board analysis….