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CEO on the move John Avendano will become the sixth president of Florida State College at Jacksonville, as of July 1. He is currently president of Kankakee Community College (KCC) in Illinois, which he has…
CEO on the move John Avendano will become the sixth president of Florida State College at Jacksonville, as of July 1. He is currently president of Kankakee Community College (KCC) in Illinois, which he has…
Across the nation, state community college systems and individual colleges are heeding the call to better advise students on their pathways and ensure that those pathways move along smoothly and logically. They are taking steps…
A group of students at MiraCosta College (MCC) in California will soon earn bachelor’s degrees in a relatively new field – biomanufacturing – and move on to specialized jobs, such as creating proteins, at biotechnology…
Middle-class families increasingly look to community colleges New York Times With college prices in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, more middle-class families are looking for ways to spend less for quality education. Enrollment down…
Virginia’s community colleges expect fewer 18-year-olds to enroll by 2026. What happens after that? Virginia Mercury By 2026, Virginia Community College Chancellor Glenn DuBois thinks colleges will be competing so hard for students, it will…
Community colleges continue to explore ways to reduce the price of textbooks for students, from relying more on technology to setting flat rates on required course material. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association…
Colleges do not fail because of competition, environmental changes or even declining or changing student demographics. Colleges fail when leadership ignores warning signs and becomes paralyzed by tradition or ignorance. John J. “Ski” Sygielskiis president…
Four large community colleges are leading a pilot program to dramatically increase the completion rates of single mother students. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community College Daily and serves as associate vice president of communications for…
A new national study emphasizes that community college students who attend full-time rather than part-time have significantly higher success rates. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community College Daily and serves as associate vice president of communications…
Proposed bill would allow homeless students to sleep in community college parking lots overnight Palo Alto online The California bill passed by a 10-0 vote out of the Assembly Higher Education Committee this week and…