New Hampshire Charitable Foundation to award $500K in scholarships for community colleges Seacoastonline.com Community colleges are vital to boosting economic opportunity for New Hampshire families and to achieving the state’s goal that 65 percent of…
Norwalk Community College hosts Fresh Check Day News 12 Connecticut The interactive mental health fair at the Connecticut college encouraged students to talk about depression, suicide prevention and other issues students may face. In first…
This spring and summer, community colleges will have their first meaningful opportunity to fully implement the year-round Pell Grant eligibility that was reinstated last year in the fiscal year (FY) 2017 appropriations process. David BaimeDavid…
Community colleges should have a crisis management team in place and strong partnerships with law enforcement in order to be ready to respond to any threats of violence as well as to reassure the community…
New York colleges promote food pantries in efforts to combat hunger in college WKTV Mohawk Valley Community College recently launched a food pantry for its students, while Herkimer College is in the beginning stages of…
April is Community College Awareness Month. Community colleges have provided the path for millions of Americans to reach the goals they have for themselves. Community colleges have also changed the face and the future of…
It’s a well-known fact that most college enrollments are shrinking all around the country. Due in part to a decade-long stagnation in the number of high school graduates, more and more colleges and universities are…
Across the country, the traditional approach to developmental education of using a standardized assessment test to place students into one or more remediation courses has fallen progressively into disfavor. Jolanta Juszkiewiczis director of policy analysis…
Editorial: Community colleges’ affordable option Herald Tribune The Florida legislature has in recent years invested significantly in the university system. In light of the financial benefits to students, families and the state, as well as…
Editor’s note: AACC News & Notes is published monthly in CC Daily. Policy and advocacy Spreading the word about community colleges April is Community College Month. Check out this editorial by AACC President and CEO…