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Gov. Healey pitches free community college for residents 25 and up ahead of budget filing NBC Boston During an announcement at Bunker Hill Community College, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on Wednesday outlined her plans to…
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Tuition/cost are important, but so are online options
Results from a survey by Anthology emphasize that tuition and cost, followed by location, are still the most important factors in selecting a college — and they are especially important for current and prospective community…
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Biden to nominate Julie Su as next U.S. labor secretary Associated Press President Joe Biden is nominating Julie Su, the current deputy and former California official, as his next labor secretary, replacing the departing incumbent,…
Raising our collective voices
With enrollment down, competition increasing from company training and university associate degree programs, and people’s perceptions of community colleges still lagging behind the robust reality of what they have to offer, how can those in…
Funding roundup
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College (ECTC) will expand customized training options thanks to a $140,000 investment in an endowment from the Elizabethtown-Hardin County Industrial Foundation (EHCIF). The funding comes through the dissolution of the Elizabethtown…
A bright idea for Fulbright
The 2024-2025 Fulbright U.S. Scholar competition opened recently. It closes September 15. It was 20 years ago in fall 2003 that I was honored to participate in this program as a community college professor. The experience has greatly…
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What to watch as the Supreme Court takes up Biden’s student debt relief Politico Weekly Education The stakes are high for the Biden administration and the tens of millions of Americans it has promised up…
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Commerce Department awards tech grants to MSIs Ramping up the semiconductor workforce Commerce Department awards tech grants to MSIs The Biden administration on Monday announced that 61 minority-serving institutions, including about a dozen community colleges,…
Camping near her campus
Alexis Krug has a 4.0 grade-point average as a student in the physical therapist assistant career program at Butler County Community College (BC3), pays the college’s out-of-county tuition rate and expects to graduate from the…
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Oregon’s tuition-free community college program has failed to deliver on multiple goals The Oregonian/OregonLive Oregon Promise did create a jump in community college enrollment at the start. Some 29% of the class of 2016 enrolled…