Closing the gap for LatinX
Elgin Community College (ECC) has seen significant improvements in the success of its LatinX students in recent years. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts – Website
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Bitterroot Valley Community College petition in circulation Ravalli Republic A petition is circulating in Ravalli County, Montana, about adding a measure to the ballot for the May 2020 school election that would allow voters to…
Pumped up for a career change
Earning a living while feeding a passion on the side worked out just fine for 62-year-old Robert Cain until parts of his world began to change. Danny Barrett, Jr.is a public relations communications specialist at…
House Dems pitch comprehensive HEA bill
Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee on Tuesday introduced comprehensive legislation to rework the nation’s main higher education law that would, in part, make community college tuition-free through a federal-state partnership, invest more…
A partnership that’s flourishing
At the first national convening of community college presidents and K-12 superintendents in 2014, improving college readiness was the focus of the discussions. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community College Daily and serves as associate vice…
Students give guided pathways a thumbs up
College students value guided pathways programs in helping them to select a major and its required courses, a new survey shows. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community College Daily and serves as associate vice president of…
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A band saw, a drill press and $2.3M. College celebrates largest donation ever as ‘transformative’ Los Angeles Times The program at Cerritos College that will benefit from the donation? Woodworking. MetroHealth donates $1M to Tri-C…
Armed with education
Community colleges strive to fulfill the unique needs of military service members, veterans and their families, a mission harkening back to wartime and the decades in which the nation’s fighters were off the battlefield. Douglas…
AACC history quiz
Answer: The inaugural AACC convention was held in St. Louis in 1920. Join our centennial celebration: Register for the 100th AACC Annual Convention March 28-30, 2020, at National Harbor, Maryland. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community…
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CEOs on the move Paul Broadie II will become the fifth president of Santa Fe College in Florida, effective January 2020. He is currently president at both Gateway Community College (GCC) and Housatonic Community College…