What a trustee wants
When Board of Trustees Chair Dorothy Blakeslee was interviewing applicants to fill the presidency at Bergen Community College in New Jersey last fall, she saw many promising candidates. She also met a few who stood…
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Fellowship program advances students for Foreign Service careers
The odds of getting a four-year degree aren’t great for most community college students. Cost is a major barrier, especially for lower-income students, who were half as likely as their higher-income peers to transfer to…
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Plans for free pre-K and community college could provide a ‘ladder into the middle class’New York TimesIncluded in the list of programs Democrats agreed this week to include in their $3.5 trillion budget blueprint is…
Funding roundup
The Marvelous Marvin Hagler Memorial Scholarship fund at Massasoit Community College received a knock-out donation. Mae Lang, mother of the late boxer Marvelous Marvin Hagler, presented a $10,700 check to the Massachusetts college to support…
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Higher education post-Covid-19The Dallas Morning NewsA look at the future of higher ed includes an expanded role for community colleges and an increased reliance on online learning. All higher ed institutions in Rhode Island will…
Preparing our colleges for the post-Covid world
With Covid-19 vaccines more widely available and case counts and hospitalizations declining, community college administrators, faculty and students are preparing for the fall 2021 semester. The last academic year brought many changes. Institutions were forced…
Washington Watch: Most Broadband Benefit funds left unclaimed
Soon after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opened up enrollment for the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program on May 12, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) informed all 6.5 million award year 2020-21 Pell Grant…
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Undocumented students in Illinois stand to gain institutional support in higher edIllinois NewsroomA new bill in Illinois would require all colleges and universities to create a liaison position to support undocumented students. Oregon community college…
Washington Watch: ED reduces verification burden
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced a temporary change in federal student aid IV verification policy that should dramatically reduce administrative burdens on student financial aid offices, while also enabling more…
Washington Watch: ED, Labor funding bill heads to House Appropriations Committee
The House Labor, Health and Human Services and Education (LHHS) appropriations subcommittee today released its report containing fiscal year (FY) 2022 funding levels for all the programs in its jurisdiction. The full House appropriations committee…