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A donation of drones and related equipment to Colorado’s Aims Community College has led to more work-study opportunities for students. Juniper Unmanned provided the equipment – valued at approximately $100,000 – to Aims in late…
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San Diego County community colleges don’t offer student housing. That could changeSan Diego Union-TribuneFive districts will share $2.24 million in state grants to explore the feasibility of providing student housing. Strix Drones eyes manufacturing, innovation…
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CEO on the move Adrien Bennings will serve as the next president of Portland Community College (PCC), beginning in July. She will be the Oregon college’s first female as a permanent hire to that position….
Adjunct faculty program retooled for pandemic
The onset of the Covid pandemic forced the Alamo Colleges District (ACD) to retool its adjunct faculty certification program (AFCP) — which serves approximately 1,400 adjuncts among the district’s five colleges — and deliver it…
Assessment success strategies for community and technical colleges
Sponsored content Community colleges have unique challenges when it comes to assessment, from efficiently gathering information from adjunct faculty to managing assessment strategy and reporting for “non-traditional” programs. Adding to the complexity? Community colleges and…
Bridging the cybersecurity workforce gap
There are nearly 600,000 cybersecurity job openings nationwide and not nearly enough qualified candidates to fill them. As this cybersecurity workforce gap threatens innovation and keeps IT leaders up at night, community colleges are playing…
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Should colleges help students pay for basic living costs?MarketplaceWhen Heather Griner was a counselor at the Community College in Baltimore County, she realized students’ needs went beyond academics and interpersonal problems. So, the Maryland college…
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Ohio Technical College giving assistance to first responders who made sacrifices over the past two yearsCleveland.comOhio Technical College is offering scholarships and other tuition assistance to first responders in northeast Ohio. The college is reaching…
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Editor’s note: Photos from member institutions of the American Association of Community Colleges. The Virginia Community College System (VCCS) celebrates the career of retiring Chancellor Glenn Dubois at its conference this week in Roanoke. During his…
A passion for statistics
Robert Santos has made a career in statistics. In his latest job, the Texas native is leading the U.S. Census Bureau, the first Latino person to serve in that role. Although Santos has held numerous…