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New CEOs Bill Pink has been named president of Grand Rapids Community College(GRCC) in Michigan. He is currently president and dean for workforce development at the college. Prior to joining GRCC in 2015, Pink was…
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Partnership integrates ed, training for inmates
In Massachusetts, Holyoke Community College (HCC) and Hampden County Sheriff’s Department will use a $71,300 state grant to train currently and formerly incarcerated men and women for food service jobs while also preparing them to…
One-stop services help students stay in college
A new study by the RAND Corporation shows that community college students participating in a program that provides comprehensive support services were at least 3 percentage points more likely to persist into their second year…
DataPoints
Swirling students: Community college students take many different pathways to complete credentials. Editor’s note: DataPoints is a biweekly feature of the American Association of Community Colleges that provides a snapshot of information related to community…
Commentary: Promoting global education in a divided nation
Pundits continue to speculate as to the influences that led to the presidential election outcome. Theories abound and there seems to be a consensus that the prognosticators got it very wrong. Lack of faith in…
Leveraging technology to open opportunities
Former Butler County Community College students Briana Yoursh and Lawrence Weaver sit inside a small, square room, flanking an even smaller rectangular table. Its surface is nearly hidden by laptops and cell phones and slithering…
Improving FAFSA completion rates
Editor’s note: This excerpt comes from the American Association of Community Colleges’ 21st-Century Center. Nearly 40 percent of federal aid-eligible students don’t complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, commonly called the FAFSA. Why?…
12 cities to work on pathway plans
The National League of Cities (NLC) will work with 12 cities to build and scale innovative ideas in implementing pathways to postsecondary and workforce success. NLC is starting a two-year effort to address a major…
Commentary: Tackling enrollment challenges
Shoreline Community College opened 52 years ago on an 83-acre campus 10 miles north of Seattle. In 2015–2016, we served 10,003 students studying more than 100 transfer and professional degree programs and hosted international students…