The strategic plan at Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) has focused on breaking down barriers that stand between students and their academic and career success. One key strategy to break down these barriers has been…
Who is a first-generation college student? California colleges, universities can’t agree. CalMatters Many California colleges and universities define “first-generation college student” differently, creating a confusing situation for students to navigate. BAE-Nashua Community College tech training…
The future is bright for Chantal Ramirez, a 21-year-old at Klamath Community College (KCC) who will transfer to Southern Oregon University as a junior this fall after receiving a KCC associate degree in psychology. She…
TRIO programs were first created with the start of the Upward Bound program in 1964. While there are specific guidelines for each of the TRIO programs, the unifying eligibility factors are: (1) students from low-income…
Gov. Evers vetoes required merger of UW campus and technical college in Washington County Wisconsin Public Radio Supporters of a plan to merge a two-year University of Wisconsin System campus and nearby technical college in…
While the majority of California community college students are Latino, that proportion doesn’t carry over to the ranks of top administrators in the system — and until five years ago, there was no statewide organization…
“The big, well-funded, elite research institution is a particularly American phenomenon and represents one of the country’s greatest contributions to the world of knowledge. But…I wonder if America’s success at providing for the top of…
Interim CEOs Ray Brooks is now interim president of Cleveland State Community College in Tennessee. He retired in 2021 as the second president of Piedmont Technical College (PTC) in South Carolina after 13 years as…
The Supreme Court has struck down the Biden administration’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 of federal student loan debt for each borrower. The plan was a centerpiece of the Biden administration’s higher education agenda…
Walter Bumphus, president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), will serve as vice chair of the Homeland Security Academic Partnership Council (HSAPC). Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas noted that Bumphus is…