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Community colleges asking for more money in this year’s state budget ABC27 (with video) Pennsylvania Gov.Governor Tom Wolf’s budget proposal calls for an appropriation of just over $230 million for the state’s community colleges. It’s…
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Grand Rapids Community College growing middle college partnerships MLive.com A two-year-old program between the Michigan college and a local high school requires students to take a fifth year of high school to earn both an…
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Staff still largely white: Nearly 75 percent of community college faculty, 73 percent of management and 63 percent of student services professionals are white. (Read the PDF.) AACC StaffMore Posts – Website
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At Middlesex Community College, extra help for Asian students New York Times After her first-ever class at Middlesex Community College (Massachusetts) last fall, Socheata Mam sank into a couch with her backpack in the main…
Washington Watch: Promising outlook for CCAMPIS
College students with young children face a number of challenges, including finding safe and affordable child care. The Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) program supports the participation of low-income parents in college…
Blunt on certain funding requests
Much like last year, don’t expect Senate appropriators to go along with everything in the Trump administration’s funding request for education. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community College Daily and serves as associate vice president of…
Global Connections: It’s Fulbright season
The U.S. Fulbright Program has been our nation’s flagship international educational exchange program for more than 70 years. Its purpose is to facilitate international diplomacy through educational collaboration. Wayne Wheeleris director of international programs and…
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There’s a growing need for child-care centers on college campuses Marketwatch At Kingsborough Community College’s campus child-care center in New York City, the staff views part of their role as providing support and services to…
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Northwest Florida State College’s “Step Up to the Plate” campaign recently received two major donations. The campaign is raising money for a new indoor practice facility for the college’s sports teams. Dr. Jerry “Doc” Hollingsworth…
Washington Watch: Community colleges and the middle class
Community colleges exist in large part to provide education that leads to solid job prospects – family-sustaining jobs that place students solidly within or in reach of the middle class. David BaimeDavid Baime is senior…