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Helping foreign-born nurses return to their professionTexas college overhauls nursing programPopular union train-the-trainer program returnsProviding incarcerated youth with job training opportunitiesHigh school joins Minnesota college’s campus Helping foreign-born nurses return to their profession A partnership…


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Biden’s student loan waiting game drags onPolitico’s Weekly EducationThe nation’s 40 million student loan borrowers are still waiting on the Biden administration to announce whether they’ll have to resume monthly payments in September. And whether…


Mentor-Connect now open to all STEM faculty

A program that helps community college faculty improve their STEM project pitches to obtain National Science Foundation (NSF) grants focused on technician education is widening eligibility to more faculty. https://www.mentor-connect.org/ All two-year college STEM faculty…


DataPoints: Developing diversity in nursing programs

The U.S. was already facing a growing shortage of nurses when Covid hit and accelerated the crisis. According to a recent Center for American Progress (CAP) report, the primary challenges that higher education institutions face…


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4 East Bay community colleges offer financial incentives to boost enrollmentKPIXThere’s a push to remove barriers to education and boost enrollment in California’s East Bay by making community college classes free. OTC unveils new Plaster…


ATE centers show off their stuff at Mall of America

Shopping malls may have lost much of their luster for hanging out, but the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, is not your average mall. Each day, about 170,000 people visit the facility, which includes…


Cautiously optimistic about enrollments

Anecdotal reports from some community colleges across the country show hopeful signs that perhaps draconian drops in enrollment during the Covid pandemic may be coming to an end. Community colleges have amped up efforts to…


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Santa Fe Community College offering dual online, in person classesSanta Fe New MexicanHyFlex, which allows students to choose on any given day whether they show up in person or stream the course online live, is…


Funding roundup

San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) will expand a free online textbook program using a $975,000 federal grant. Almost 1,200 classes with free or low-cost textbooks were offered at the district’s four colleges in fall…