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Welding students at Ohio’s Lakeland Community College will benefit from a $150,000 grant from the Jerome T. Osborne and Georgeanne S. Osborne Charitable Trust. The grant will create an endowed scholarship in welding in the…
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Bossier Parish Community College finds expertise to support students through student outreach program
Sponsored content The Bossier Parish Community College (BPCC) mission is to provide an innovative, accessible and caring learning environment that advances educational goals, cultivates community partnerships, and strengthens the regional economy. Located in culturally diverse Bossier City,…
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Caution: higher education bills have significant ramifications Indiana Capital Chronicle Two bills being proposed in Indiana that are touted as “innovative” would be detrimental to the state’s two-year college system. Community college aid pushes enrollment…
Leading the way in workforce education
Since the pandemic, community colleges have taken full advantage of the opportunity to continue to find new ways of working, connecting, teaching and learning. Our colleges continuously adapt in ways that were once thought impossible…
A call to community college student innovators
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), in partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF), today launches its platform to advance student innovation and impact in STEM through the Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC). The…
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Dual-enrollment numbers are rising. At western Pennsylvania community colleges, that could stave off enrollment downturns. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Today, 82% of public high schools offer some form of dual enrollment or credit opportunities, and a third…
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New CEO Aaron Milner will be the next president of Coastal Alabama Community College as of February 1. He currently is superintendent of Saraland City Schools in Alabama. “Aaron has nearly 30 years of educational…
35 years of CC Daily
“College Enrollment Tops Projected Figures for 1988.” That was the top headline for the first issue of the Community, Technical, and Junior College Times on January 3, 1989, the biweekly newspaper of the American Association…
Empowering ESL students
I’ve been living in the U.S. since 1995, following my graduation from the University of Silesia with a master’s degree in English, specializing in literature and teaching methodology. I came here to enhance my English…
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Florida Board of Education restricts DEI initiatives at community colleges WPBF The Florida Department of Education announced this week that the state board of education has approved limits on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives with…