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CEOs Barbara Gaba will serve as the next president of Atlantic Cape Community College in New Jersey, effective Jan. 30. She is currently provost and associate vice president for academic affairs at Union County College…
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Career center dedicated to helping tech ed students California Economy Reporting The Workplace Internship Network at Merced College provides personalized career and technical education completion counseling and connects students to internships that help launch their…
AACC, ACCT ask Trump to keep DACA
The associations representing community college presidents and trustees are encouraging President-elect Donald Trump to allow certain undocumented immigrants to retain eligibility to enroll in U.S. colleges. “We urge you to maintain the Deferred Action on…
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CSI helps push for eastern Idaho community college Twin Falls Times-News The College of Southern Idaho is helping in an advisory role for an initiative to transform Eastern Idaho Technical College in Idaho Falls into…
Could N.Y. free-tuition plan spread across U.S.?
Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to make the state’s public colleges free for hundreds of thousands of middle-class students is seen as one of the nation’s most ambitious efforts to tackle skyrocketing higher…
Colleges help nursing students attain BSNs
As hospitals increasingly prefer nurses with bachelor’s degrees, community colleges are developing innovative ways to ensure nursing students have an opportunity to continue their education. Some have agreements with universities for dual enrollment, for example,…
Immigrants challenging in-state tuition policy win case
A judge says the Georgia university system must allow immigrants to pay in-state tuition if they’ve been granted temporary permission by the federal government to stay in the U.S. Georgia’s state colleges and universities require…
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N.Y. educators, colleges react to Cuomo’s free state college proposal Adirondack Daily Enterprise At Lake Placid High School, guidance counselor Connie Hammaker was taken aback by the news that could drastically change the landscape for…
Serving the myriad needs of local veterans
Driving a truck after leaving the military wasn’t working too well for Deshawn Townes, so he enrolled in Central Carolina Community College (CCCC) to take some courses. That’s where he heard about Veterans Upward Bound…
Not fade away
Editor’s note: This article comes from the December/January issue of theCommunity College Journal, which is published by the American Association of Community Colleges. The Arizona Advanced Manufacturing Institute (AzAMI) is still a year away from…