Colleges and universities made the transition to online learning seemingly overnight as campuses were shut down due to the current COVID situation. As with many community colleges, one strength of Feather River College (FRC) —…
As colleges brace for financial aid appeals, there’s a new tool to help students file them Washington Post The free tool SwiftStudent guides students through requesting more funding, explaining eligibility, the documents applicants need and…
ED provides $3B in stimulus funds for governors The U.S. Education Department (ED) is making available nearly $3 billion of stimulus funding in the form of block grants to governors, who will decide how best…
Coronavirus could change where students go to college, if they go at all USA Today Even before the crisis, Joseph Castro, president of California State University-Fresno, had noticed an increase of students applying to the…
As community college recruiting tools – such as open houses, campus tours and college fairs – have gone digital during the coronavirus crisis, enrollment professionals say it’s more important than ever to forge personal connections…
Even as community colleges are just beginning to implement the funds provided through the CARES Act, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is asking Congress to help support campuses and students as lawmakers respond…
New Jersey college cuts tuition by 20 percent for summer term A community college in New Jersey announced Monday it plans to cut tuition for all summer classes by 20 percent. “We know the COVID…
Commentary: ‘So many students are already sleeping in their cars, homeless shelters or even on the street’ Hechinger Report Every day, as president of the student body at Los Angeles City College, Jemere Calhoun works…
It didn’t take long for participants of a summit last fall focused on developing more research opportunities for community college students to start mulling how they could not only keep the momentum going, but to…
With the end of the spring term quickly approaching, a wave of community colleges over the past few days has decided on how to handle commencements this spring, whether to continue running nearly all their…