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Free community college: How that part of Seattle’s $620M education levy would work and who would benefit Seattle Times The Seattle education levy on the ballot this November would pay for all Seattle Public Schools…
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Interim president Charlie White will serve as interim president of Virginia Highlands Community College, effective immediately. White is a veteran higher education leader who has spent much of his career working at Virginia’s Community Colleges,…
A glimpse at emerging technologies
Enthusiastic sharing of participants’ work-in-progress projects is a distinguishing characteristic of the annual Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Principal Investigators Conference. Madeline PattonMadeline Patton is an education writer based in Ohio.More Posts
Washington Watch: What will follow TAACCCT?
The last of the four rounds of the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College to Career Training (TAACCCT) grants wrapped up in September. Jim HermesJim Hermes is associate vice president of government relations at the…
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Folks you should know: Dr. Kris Westover Times-News Kris Westover, the new president of Virginia’s Mountain Empire Community College, didn’t consider herself college material — until someone convinced her to give it a chance. Editorial:…
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Editor’s note: Photos from a few American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) meetings this week. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts – Website
Enjoying the moment
As F. Fleming Crim, chief operating officer at the National Science Foundation, pointed out Wednesday night, the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program is “having a moment because it is so important to the nation.” Madeline…
She just asked
As she did throughout her career as a NASA researcher and executive, Christine Darden took the time to talk informally with students at the 2018 Advanced Technological Education Principal Investigators Conference. Madeline PattonMadeline Patton is…
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MATC shows off $1.2 million in new Swiss CNC manufacturing machines Milwaukee Business Journal CNC manufacturing is a growth industry for Wisconsin, and new machines at Milwaukee Area Technical College will help train students on…
A growing part of the election conversation
It’s not a searing hot-button issue like the recent Supreme Court controversy, Russia investigation, tax cuts or healthcare. But free community college — pushed into the mainstream conversation during the 2016 Democratic primaries by Bernie…