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CEOs on the move Gena Glickman will serve as the sixth president of Massasoit Community College in Massachusetts. Previously, she was president of Manchester Community College in Connecticut for 10 years. Prior posts that Glickman…
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Is Congress about to cut nearly $15B from student aid?
Right now, Congress is thinking about rewriting the Higher Education Act (HEA), the massive law that provides financial aid to students and families. Ken Trzaskais president of Seward County Community College in Liberal, Kansas.More Posts
Learning through failure
It’s okay to fail, says Allison Martin, director of institutional effectiveness initiatives at Bossier Parish Community College (BPCC) in Louisiana. AACC StaffMore Posts – Website
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Nixon: Raise taxes on rich to fund $7.3B plan for New York schools Associated Press New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon said Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s free-tuition program, called Excelsior, is so narrowly defined that only…
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Commentary: Work needed: Proposed policy for layoffs at Kentucky community, technical colleges requires more vetting Lexington Herald Leader Last September, Gov. Matt Bevin proposed draconian budget cuts for community colleges and universities. In response to…
Washington Watch: Signs of life for the Perkins Act?
As with the Higher Education Act (HEA), Congress is past due in reauthorizing the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. Unlike HEA, the Perkins Act is relatively straightforward, and as both bills came…
When disaster strikes, collaboration is key
It’s hard to believe almost 10 months have passed since Hurricane Harvey made landfall along the Texas Gulf Coast. It dropped more than 50 inches of rain on the greater Houston area, including several communities…
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Lesson from Liberal, Kan.: Community colleges must reach out more to communities Washington Post We saw that remaining relevant in empowering the region required us to accept the reality that we must focus on the…
NLN backs associate degree for entry-level nursing jobs
One of the nation’s largest organizations for nurse educators has reaffirmed that it opposes a push to require entry-level registered nurses (RNs) to hold a bachelor’s or master’s of science in nursing degree. Daily StaffCCDaily…
Free tuition for all recent high school grads
The San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) on Monday announced a major expansion of its tuition-free program known as the San Diego Promise, making all recent high school graduates who are first-time, full-time students eligible…