Maci Key wasn’t sure of the career field she wanted to pursue until Jonathan Minyard of Wallace State Community College visited her high school to discuss the college’s machine tool technology program. Meanwhile, Melanie Patterson…
Education secretary pick Betsy DeVos said Tuesday that American parents must be able to send their children to high-quality schools, including charter, magnet and religious schools, if public schools are failing. Responding to fierce criticism…
New CEOs Adam Breerwood will become president of Pearl River Community College (PRCC) in Mississippi on July 1. He is currently vice president for the college’s Poplarville campus and Hancock Center. Breerwood, 42, joined PRCC…
The 2017 American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Convention April 22-25 in New Orleans is the ideal event to share promising practices as well as hear what other leaders are doing to address similar challenges….
A few Kansas lawmakers are seeking to undo a law that will allow people to carry concealed guns into colleges and hospitals starting in July. The lawmakers are seeking to permanently exempt state universities and…
Rhode Island is joining the growing list of states with a $30 million proposal to cover two years of tuition at their public colleges for qualifying students. Rhode Island Gov. Gina M. Raimondo this week…
Community colleges in Alabama are seeking more workforce development support from the state legislature. The Alabama Community College System board of trustees is pushing for a $20 million budget increase for workforce development. The trustees…
Community colleges rethink remedial education NPR (with audio) With more than 2 million students, California has one of the largest community college systems in the country. But its graduation rates have been disappointing for years….
Americans with no more than a high school diploma have fallen so far behind college graduates in their economic lives that the earnings gap between college grads and everyone else has reached its widest point…
A Republican state lawmaker plans target Arizona colleges and universities that violate state law with a new proposal that would penalize them with the loss of 10 percent of their state funding. Rep. Bob Thorpe…