Senate Republicans have offered stimulus “4.0” legislation that would provide significant funding for higher education. The long-anticipated proposals — called the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection, and Schools (HEALS) Act — would provide an Education…
Community colleges prepare for spike in enrollmentFox Carolina (video)As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, South Carolina community colleges are preparing for a spike in enrollment as students look to stay closer to home. Gateway gives student…
Northeast Community College’s Nexus capital campaign got a boost with a $50,000 commitment from Green Line Equipment, a John Deere dealership with 10 locations in northeast and central Nebraska. The campaign is raising funds to…
A long-time community college leader and former board chair of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is serving on a nine-person commission that will submit a new state flag for Mississippi residents to vote…
Will free SUNY tuition be cut this fall? New York offers ominous warningGenesee Country ExpressThe state agency that administers the Excelsior Scholarship program has yet to begin to process new applications for the program for…
The switch to fully online learning during the pandemic has challenged everyone, but student parents have been hit harder in some ways. At Northampton Community College (NCC) in Pennsylvania, Family Success Coordinator Janette Zuk helps…
Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, El Paso Community College (EPCC) in Texas was already shifting from being primarily an academic transfer institution to expanding more of its career and technical education (CTE) programs based on…
Prior to March, Angela Echeverri, a faculty member at Los Angeles Mission College (LAMC), had not taught online or remotely. “Because my classes have labs, I never thought I would teach fully online,” said Echeverri,…
Among forests and bayous, a fledgling college and fragile dreamsInProgress (Center for American Progress publication)The story of central Louisiana’s new community college holds lessons on improving opportunity in rural America — lessons that should help…
New presidents Michael Geoghegan will become the fifth president of Eastern Gateway Community College, which has campuses in Youngstown and Steubenville, Ohio. He has served in a dual role as interim president and chief financial…