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Bay Area community college district opens new employee housingSan Jose Mercury NewsThe San Mateo County Community College District on Thursday opened a new 30-unit employee housing complex at Skyline College, the third such project undertaken…


Newsmakers

New CEOs Kevin Beardmore will serve as the next president of Southeast New Mexico College. He is currently vice president of student affairs at Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) in Kentucky, a position he…


Viewpoint: Working on our weaknesses

Advice is not usually hard to come by. We have all been on the receiving end of unsolicited, well-intentioned advice. We have likely been the giver of advice, as well. When it comes to leadership,…


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Utah now has one of the few business schools in the nation named solely for a womanSalt Lake TribuneSalt Lake Community College will use a $10 million donation from philanthropist Gail Miller to expand and…


Presidents’ forum explains benefits of ATE grants

The 2022 Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Principal Investigators’ Conference began this week with a virtual session for community college presidents to learn from their peers about how to use ATE grants from the National Science…


Snapshots

Photos from AACC-member colleges. Portland Community College President Adrien Bennings chats with President Joe Biden about the value of community colleges during his visit to Oregon this week. (Photo: PCC) Brian Bridges (right), New Jersey’s…


Freshmen, dual enrollment drive fall enrollments

Overall undergraduate enrollment continued to decline by -1.1% this fall compared to 2021, but community colleges were unique in seeing an increase among freshmen, according to the latest research by the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC)…


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Texas commission recommends tying community colleges’ state funding to their performanceTexas TribuneA commission charged by the Texas Legislature to suggest new ways of financing the state’s community colleges unanimously approved its recommendation this week that…


Reporter’s notebook

Addressing challenges with early alert systemsHouston college’s fashion archive joins Google platform Addressing challenges with early alert systems Many higher education institutions — including community colleges — use early alert systems (EAS) to flag students…