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Education Department is making it harder for colleges to boost student aid during crisisNPRThe U.S. Department of Education is making it harder for colleges to reconsider — and potentially increase — financial aid for students…
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Police reform starts with training
Cadets at the Kalamazoo Valley Community College Police Academy in Michigan watched the video of George Floyd in his final moments struggling to breathe under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer. “I told them,…
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Supreme Court blocks Trump’s bid to end DACA, a win for undocumented ‘dreamers’Washington PostThe Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle the program protecting undocumented immigrants brought to the country as…
Preparing for this fall — and beyond
Leaders of seven community college-based organizations on Thursday addressed an array of issues pertaining to the pandemic and equity, but two topics seemed to permeate through most of the discussion: Ensuring students have the technology…
Washington Watch: DACA stays
In a huge and unanticipated win for Dreamers, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in a 5-4 decision that the Trump administration failed to comply with administrative legal requirements when it rescinded the Deferred…
Washington Watch: Yet more new ED guidance on CARES Act funding
The U.S. Education Department (ED) has issued yet further guidance addressing the formula grants under the CARES Act. However, this guidance is mostly good news for community colleges, particularly in how they may spend funds…
Judge blocks ED rule excluding certain college students from CARES Act grants
A federal judge on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction that prevents the U.S. Education Department (ED) from imposing any student eligibility requirements in distributing CARES Act emergency grants to California community college students. U.S. District…
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What it takes for community colleges to stay flexible during COVID-19Northern Public RadioTwo-year colleges like Waubonsee Community College are prepared to scale up if they need to and meet any technology gaps students coming in…
Candid conversations with presidents
Lee Ann Nutt, president of Lone Star College-Tomball, Texas, didn’t know what she wanted to do in college, and even after graduating college she wasn’t so sure. After driving a tour bus for a while…
DataPoints: Tuition and fees
Community colleges continue to offer the lowest average tuition and fees compared to all other sectors of higher education. For the 2019-20 academic year, average annual tuition and fees at community colleges was $3,730, compared…