Funding roundup
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers aren’t the only Super Bowl winners this season. Florida’s St. Petersburg College (SPC) has received a $15,000 grant from the Tampa Bay Super Bowl LV Host Committee to support a local…
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Coronavirus, community colleges and the equity gap: Revisited
Last year, just as Covid-19 was beginning to spread and many colleges and universities across the country were scrambling to send students home to finish their spring semesters online, CC Daily ran this piece, “Coronavirus,…
Brr-ave students learn the ropes in ice rescues
The air temperature is 24 degrees Fahrenheit, feeling more like 19 in this breeze, and the water, just under this 4-inch mantle of ice, is 32. Across campus, her contemporaries enrolled in Butler County Community…
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House Democrats pass Biden’s $1.9T relief plan despite setback on minimum wageWashington PostThe vote closed early Saturday morning, with Republicans repeatedly decrying the legislation as a partisan boondoggle and Democrats defending it as much-needed relief….
Washington Watch: Policies for changing workforce needs
Even before Covid, globalization and technological advances permanently changed the U.S. workforce. The pandemic turbocharged these changes. In 1970, one in four jobs were in manufacturing; today, it’s one in 10. As automation takes different…
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More ED political appointeesData on spring enrollments delayedWho should cover education, training costs? More ED political appointees The U.S. Education Department on Thursday announced more political appointees for its various offices, including a senior research…
Celebrating Black history at the nation’s community colleges
The presence of African-American presidents, staff and faculty has played a key role in advancing the open-door policy and primary mission of the American community college system. During the 1960s and 1970s, community college campuses…
The case for Biden’s plan beyond high school
Higher education is at a point of inflection in which it must decide its purpose in America. President Joe Biden’s plan to offer the first two years of college tuition-free has created an imbalance in…
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Black students are succeeding in college at higher rates, but far behind white peers, report saysLos Angeles TimesIt took 10 years for Jamaal Muwwakkil, who grew up in Compton and was the first in his…
A jump start to college
Juan Gallegos was a junior in high school when he decided to attend College of DuPage (COD) after graduation to study culinary arts. Wanting to get a jump start on his college journey, he enrolled…