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United Group evicts HVCC students to make room for RPI tenantsTimes Union (subscription required)Hudson Valley Community College students were booted from their campus apartments with little notice to make way for students from Rensselaer Polytechnic…


High-tech, high-touch

With nine sites serving 60,000 students, Collin College in Texas transitioned 3,100 classes online on March 20, launching the new programming a week later. The campus closure exacerbated a “digital divide” where some learners were…


Washington Watch: Stimulus work continues; advocacy needed

High-level negotiations on the COVID-19 stimulus legislation are ongoing, largely between the Trump administration and congressional Democrats. Despite vastly different priorities, it appears likely that in the next two weeks or so Congress will pass another…


Companies to report next month on LER pilot

Two major employers piloting a portable academic, work and skills transcript plan to share their results next month with a workforce advisory board created by the White House. During an informational webinar Tuesday on the…


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Adapting to a crisis: How Portland Community College harnessed technology to combat a pandemicPortland Business JournalIn a span of 10 days, Oregon’s largest postsecondary institution moved its operations entirely remote in advance of the spring…


Funding roundup

In Pennsylvania, Montgomery County Community College’s (MCCC) Upward Bound college prep program received a $3,000 donation from the R.O.S.E. Foundation, the charitable arm of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Phi Beta Omega Chapter. Since 2007, MCCC…



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A surprise graduation: Soldier receives college diploma upon return from Middle EastABC ColumbiaU.S. Army Spc. Douglas Long achieved his associate degree in building construction technology while studying virtually overseas. Commentary: In a post-pandemic future, Utah…


Reporter’s notebook

Tracking pandemic’s effect on transfers, mobility and progressProposing grants to help with critical job trainingHouston college launches AI programTraining teachers to train better virtually Tracking pandemic’s effect on transfers, mobility and progress The National Student…


Newsmakers

New CEO Howard J. Spearman will be the eighth president of Rock Valley College in Rockford, Illinois, effective September 1. He previously served at the college in several leadership roles from 2011 to 2019, including…