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As Pell grants expand, students see openings to afford short-term job training Associated Press The expansion of the Pell grants to short-term programs has been a decade in the making, notes Jim Hermes, associate vice…
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Funding roundup
Seminole State College of Florida will receive $10 million in state funding to use toward a new Workforce, Science and Technology Center at the college’s healthcare-focused Altamonte Springs Campus, as well as $600,000 for training…
How environmental branding can create student pride
It is the week before graduation, and students at Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) are lined up at the Grad Fair waiting to pick up their caps and gowns. They put on the regalia, head…
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Back to school: Community college edition Texas 2036 Dual-credit enrollment in Texas hit an all-time high of more than 282,000 students in 2025 — up 20% since HB 8 took effect and 28% since 2019….
CHESS shows promise of shared services
As community colleges nationwide grapple with enrollment shifts, rising costs and staffing challenges, six New Mexico institutions are demonstrating how collaboration can improve efficiency while preserving local control. Through the Collaborative for Higher Education Shared…
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Interim president Amanda Morris Foreman has been named interim president of Coastal Pines Technical College. She has served as the Georgia college’s executive vice president since 2021 and vice president for academic affairs since 2016….
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1M apprentices, 2 years to go Work Shift Marek Laco, acting assistant secretary of the Labor Department’s Employment and Training Administration, says DOL expects a combination of moves made in the last year to help…
Breaking a different language barrier
Community colleges have built our identity around one word: access. It’s in our mission statements, our marketing, our grant applications. We talk about open doors, removing barriers, meeting students where they are. But look through…
Student housing solutions
“Without stable shelter, everything else falls apart,” Princeton University sociology professor Matthew Desmond wrote in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.” Campus leaders know this all too well. It’s…
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New manufacturing program at community colleges offer tuition-free skills training McCook Gazette Fifty Nebraskans have enrolled in or completed a tuition-free manufacturing credential program offered through the state’s six community colleges. Gov. Braun announces continuation…