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Another White House community college summit

It’s been more than a decade, but the White House may soon host another community college summit. First Lady Dr. Jill Biden on Tuesday hinted at another White House summit on community colleges. The White…


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House education committee member dies of CovidMattis speaks with student veteransEMS students assemble first-aid kitsSmithfield Foods expands apprenticeships into MissouriHealth lab in a home setting House education committee member dies of Covid Rep. Ron Wright…


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N.C. A&T plans to use new $1.5M gift to help community college transfersRockingham NowNorth Carolina A&T will use its latest large donation to support a new program that will give scholarships to students transferring from…


Helping other students — and gaining valuable experience

In 2019, two community college alumni at the University of California, Berkeley created College Leap to help community college students transfer. Now, with 20 chapters and multiple activities in the works, the co-founders aim to…


House again passes apprenticeship bill

The House on Friday approved an apprenticeship bill, similar to the one it passed this fall, that would expand registered apprenticeships and strengthen pre-apprenticeship and youth apprenticeship programs. HR 447, the National Apprenticeships Act, passed…


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SUNY community colleges brace for $46M cuts over 2 yearsNNY 360Community colleges in the State University of New York system will prioritize cutting administrative jobs and staff to offset revenue gaps caused by the pandemic,…


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More than 19K Michigan residents apply for tuition-free community college in first 24 hoursmLiveOn Tuesday afternoon, Michigan officials launched a program aimed at helping people over 25 without college degrees pay for community college or…


More coordination needed, Walsh says

Marty Walsh, President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. labor secretary, said at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday that he would seek closer ties with the U.S. Education Department (ED) and other federal agencies to better…


Funding roundup

Cape Cod Community College in Massachusetts scored a fundraising touchdown. The college’s educational foundation received a $100,000 donation from the New England Patriots Foundation in support of the ongoing capital campaign for the college’s new…


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Newsom’s proposal would create ‘dual admission’ program for community college transfer studentsEdSourceCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to ease the transfer from community colleges to the state’s public universities, and newly released details draw a clearer…