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Senate panel passes Su nomination for labor secretary Construction advocates cite CTE defunding House Democrats re-introduce apprenticeship bill Senate panel passes Su nomination for labor secretary The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on…


Funding roundup

The Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) Foundation’s Skills to Succeed Campaign has surpassed its $50 million goal. This campaign aligns with regional needs and challenges to connect everyone to more opportunities, especially Cleveland’s core communities and…


12 teams advance to ‘Innovation Challenge’ finals

A dozen student teams from community colleges will participate in the final round of the Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC), an annual national competition that asks two-year college student teams to develop STEM-based solutions to…


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The hidden costs of transferring to a four-year college WGBH Some highly selective four-year colleges have policies that allow them to determine which credits count after a student enrolls. But others, like the University of…


A unique college-social services collaboration

Thirty-six-year-old Harry C. was born and raised in New York City. Like millions of other New Yorkers before him, he made some mistakes as a young adult. He later found his way to the social…


Washington Watch: Input on ED’s upcoming rulemaking sessions

Responding to the U.S. Education Department’s (ED) solicitation for input on upcoming negotiated-rulemaking sessions, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has presented both live and written comments on the topics ED has identified. The…



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Two groups give $30M to community college initiative in bid to cut degree race gap Detroit News Two influential foundations are giving a southeast Michigan initiative to improve access to local community colleges about $30…


Newsmakers

New CEO Kathleen “Kat” Linaker will become president of Riverland Community College (Minnesota) on July 1. Linaker served as vice president of academics at Western Technical College (Wisconsin) from 2018 to 2022. Previously, she was…


$60B for broadband: What it means for colleges

Three decades ago, only the rare community college leader understood what the Internet was and even fewer had used Gopher and ARPANET, earlier forms of the medium that evolved into today’s World Wide Web. Today,…