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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….
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Pay gap between college grads and everyone else at a record
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…
Ariz. lawmaker targets colleges over tuition for immigrants
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…
The road to convention: Get inspired
The 2017 American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Convention April 22-25 in New Orleans will provide ample opportunities to share your promising practices as well as hear what other leaders are doing to address similar…
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State system seeks more funding for workforce programs Opelika-Auburn News The Alabama Community College System board of trustees approved a legislative agenda calling for more funding for workforce development and dual-enrollment programs. New degree offered…
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Prepared for work: Technical career students most strongly feel that their education prepared them for their jobs. Editor’s note: DataPoints is a biweekly feature of the American Association of Community Colleges that provides a snapshot…
Paid internships are coming to low-income students
This article comes from the AACC 21st-Century Center. There’s no doubt that internships increase students’ likelihood of finding a job after college. Many internships are unpaid, though, meaning low-income students who need a paying job…
Infrastructure plan would create many jobs that require some college
A new analysis of President-elect Donald Trump’s $1 trillion proposal to revamp the nation’s infrastructure could create as many as 11 million new jobs over the next decade, including positions that would require at least…
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Branstad calls to cut $34M from higher ed this year Des Moines Register Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has proposed cutting more than $25.5 million from the Iowa Board of Regents and $8.7 million from the…
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Ore. lawmaker wants community colleges and universities to merge, if they want to OregonLive.com State Senate President Peter Courtney has introduced a controversial bill that would allow Oregon community colleges and public universities to voluntarily…