DataPoints
Low tuition and fees: Community colleges continue to offer the lowest tuition and fees across all sectors of higher education. Editor’s note: DataPoints is a biweekly feature of the American Association of Community Colleges that…
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Commentary: Developmental ed will remain a hot topic
Two phenomena have kept development education front and center in higher education: expanded access to college and a new focus on student success. Expanded access to college has spurred more people to go to college,…
e-Headlines
Ariz. college district looks at a more regional approach KJZZ (with audio) Maria Harper-Marinick, chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District, explains what officials are considering and what the impetus was for its proposed…
Commentary: Pathways Project becomes a movement
Editor’s note: This is an except from the AACC 21st-Century Center. It’s hard to believe that the American Association of Community Colleges’ Pathways Project has been underway for just over a year now. It has…
Newsmakers
Interim president Kathleen Kirklin, vice president of administration at Folsom Lake College in California, will serve as interim president of the college. She fills in for Rachel Rosenthal, who is retiring this month. Kirklin has…
Commentary: Turning the dial on developmental outcomes
Many of us have been working on developmental education reform for years with frustrating results, achieving incremental improvements, but not truly “turning the dial” in significant ways — until recently. Improving developmental outcomes remains one…
e-Headlines
Maricopa Community Colleges proposes consolidation of presidencies to cut costs AZCentral.com The district expects to save about $1 million by consolidating the top administrative positions in eight of its 10 colleges into four regional administrations….
Smooth pathways require faculty leadership
As community colleges work on developing guided career pathways – to help students stay on track with fewer wasted credits – they’re finding faculty buy-in is crucial. Because pathways call for streamlined curricula that might…
Ensuring the educational future of foster youth
Lisa Féinics is the perfect person to run Portland Community College‘s (PCC) new program that assists current and former foster youth. That’s because she was one. The new coordinator of the Oregon college’s Foster Success…
Protected: Testing medical drones for disasters
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