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Russell Kavalhuna, hired to lead Virginia’s community colleges, isn’t taking the job after allRichmond Times-DispatchRussell Kavalhuna, who was named the new chancellor of Virginia’s 23 community colleges, is no longer expected to take the job,…


Boot camp prepares CCIC teams for competition

For a handful of students who previously competed in the Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC), which focuses on developing STEM-related solutions to real-world problems, it wasn’t so much the technical parts of the competition that…


In photos: Opening day of the CCIC boot camp

This week, teams comprised of students and mentors from 12 selected community colleges traveled to the Washington, D.C., area to, in part, learn how to pitch innovative STEM projects they developed. The Community College Innovation…


Funding roundup

In New Jersey, the nursing program at Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) received a $100,000 donation from the Somerset Hills Community Health Foundation (SHCHF). The gift will fund 10 full scholarships — the first full scholarships…


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Southwestern College to accept SNAP and EBT paymentsSan Diego Union-TribuneCommunity college students with CalFresh benefits can purchase food almost anywhere, except the place where they often spend most of their time: school. Commentary: How the…


Improving equitable transfer

About 80 transfer professionals met last week in Chicago as part of the Equity Transfer Initiative (ETI) to explore ways to improve equitable transfer on community college-to-university baccalaureate pathways. ETI is a two-year national initiative…


3M’s perspective on workforce issues

You’ve probably heard the saying that only death and taxes are certain. Maybe add having a 3M product at home, work or wherever you go to that list. Whether it’s the popular N95 mask, adhesives,…


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Six CUNY community colleges adopt short-term tech training with $5M grantCrain’s New York BusinessThe program’s first 30 students have finished the software engineering and web development courses, many with jobs in hand, according to Queensborough…



Reporter’s notebook

Senate confirms Loyd to lead OCTAEED’s first chief economist Senate confirms Loyd to lead OCTAE Amy Loyd The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Amy Loyd, a former community college student, as the U.S. Education Department’s (ED)…