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CEO transitions dip, but that could change soon

The rate of transitions among community colleges’ top leaders — whether retiring, moving to another college or becoming a first-time CEO — has slowed since its peak seven years ago, but that may change within…


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AI gold rush: Can Bay Area classes help students cash in? San Franscisco Standard Local community colleges are starting to ramp up AI and machine-learning course offerings so their students can tap good-paying jobs that…


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New president Bennie Lambert is now president of Lone Star College(LSC)-North Harris in Texas. He previously served in the Houston college system as vice president for student success at LSC-CyFair. He began his LSC career…


How presidents on social media shape community college success

With the power to inform, connect, engage and make presidents more visible, social media emerged as a vital instrument in educational leaders’ arsenals. Through insights garnered from discussions with 10 community college presidents effectively leveraging…


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Legislative fix would save student housing at some California community colleges CalMatters In California, a June budget deal required community colleges to raise their own money to build affordable student housing. Now two bills are…


Tapping powerful labor market information for agility

In 2020, after more than 200 years, the Remington Arms factory in Ilion, New York, shut its doors, and nearly 250 mainly skilled labor employees without college degrees were let go. But fortunately, Mohawk Valley…


It’s complicated

Sixty percent of former community college students cite work goals as the main reason they enrolled at a two-year college, but only about half of those individuals say their education helped to fulfill those goals,…


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Untapped potential palabra Community colleges are increasingly offering a more affordable alternative for Latino students when it comes to getting a bachelor’s degree. Blue Mountain Community College announced groundbreaking for FARM II The Observer The…


Funding roundup

Kankakee Community College has accepted $250,000 obtained through a legislative appropriation supported by the efforts of Illinois state Sen. Patrick Joyce.  “Right now, we see a misalignment between the skills in our workforce and the…


This week’s poll: Fall enrollments

Community college enrollments overall appear to be blooming this fall in varying degrees, according to reports from more than a dozen colleges and systems that responded to an inquiry from Community College Daily. Daily StaffCCDaily…