Funding roundup
Bank of America recently donated $10,000 to Guilford Technical Community College’s (GTCC) truck driver training program, which was created last year to meet local demand. The funds will help the college market the program to…
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Campus CEOs The Connecticut Board of Regents for Higher Education has selected several campus chief executive officers who will oversee the day-to-day operations of campuses. The board is undertaking a major reorganization of the state’s…
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NFL partners with athletic association to bring women’s flag football to two-year collegesBizJournal.comThe game has been granted “emerging” sports status by the National Junior College Athletic Association, which will form a committee to create guidelines…
Ready for Wrigley
John Benedeck knows what it means to make it to the big leagues — quite literally. In 2020, Benedeck was hired to take up the time-honored tradition of playing the organ for the Chicago Cubs…
Improving science education
What are the most pressing policy issues facing science education? A panel of higher education leaders answered that question – and offered some policy recommendations – during a webinar earlier this week. The panelists addressed…
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A sharp debate over short-term credentialsOpen Campus“If you ask community college presidents what changes they would like to see in federal policy, the overwhelming majority will quickly cite Pell Grant eligibility for short-term programs,” says…
Colleges plan safe, celebratory commencements
Commencement season is almost here. Though graduation ceremonies won’t be quite like they were pre-pandemic, some colleges are planning modified in-person events. Owens Community College (OCC) typically holds two graduation ceremonies a year: one in…
Washington Watch: JOBS Act gets the job done
Businesses need employees with the right skills. Meeting this goal is a constant challenge. Pre-Covid-19, 7 million job openings went unfilled, attributable in large part to a skills gap. The economy recovering from the pandemic…
Managing your calendar for better health
When we closed our campuses last March and switched to remote working, we entered a strange and dark land. Many college administrators were already working 70- to 80-hour weeks and attending more meetings than was…
New college students struggled last fall
A new report by the Center for Community College Student Engagement sheds more details about the impact of the pandemic on first-time students at community colleges, which have seen staggering drops in enrollments across the…