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‘A whole new world’: New law lets Pennsylvania foster kids attend college tuition-free Morning Call A new state law allows youth who were in foster care to go to any college or university in Pennsylvania…
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Native American enrollment in community college has plummeted 60% in 20 years. Here’s why LAist In the 1997-1998 academic year, there were about 26,000 Native American students enrolled in California’s community college system. Twenty years…
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Connecticut studying problem of food insecurity at colleges Associated Press Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont recently signed legislation that requires the University of Connecticut Board of Trustees and the Board of Regents for Higher Education, which…
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Iowa legislators voice support for community colleges, stop short of promising more state funding Daily Nonpareil One Democrat says it’s “alarming” that more than half of the funding for community colleges in the state comes…
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Virginia’s Community Colleges investment expands training opportunities for job seekers NBC29.com The state system has directed $2.75 million in FastForward Workforce Training Grants to community colleges around the commonwealth to develop new and expand existing…
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Jackson Hole could get community college campus Associated Press The State Building Commission recently approved a state funding match of $7.6 million to build a campus of Central Wyoming College in Jackson. Massachusetts lawmakers propose…
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UC system accepts record number of California applicants Associated Press The University of California system says that for the 2019-20 academic year its nine undergraduate campuses have accepted 71,655 California freshmen and 26,700 students who…
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Rep. Hayes, Sen. Murphy introduce legislation to combat college hunger Hartford Courant Two congressional lawmakers from Connecticut have introduced a bill that would require institutions of higher education to collect and publish data about students’…
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Free tuition coming to Virginia community colleges under service program, governor says Daily Press The program, which Gov. Ralph Northam said would be called G3 for “Get skilled, get a job and give back,” would…
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Sen. Warren, Rep. Lawson introduce bill expanding food stamps to low-income college students MassLive U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Rep. Al Lawson (D-Florida) this week introduced legislation that would make low-income college students eligible…