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Stun guns on campus? Eastern Iowa Community Colleges to consider issue after state law change Quad-City Times After a change in state law, Eastern Iowa Community Colleges have proposed revisions to policies related to allowing…


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California community colleges don’t want homeless students sleeping on campus Sacramento Bee Community colleges are concerned that doing so could expose them to tens of millions of dollars new charges for security, maintenance and liability…


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A worthless degree? Betsy DeVos wants to change rules for which colleges stay open, close USA Today Proposed changes to accreditation rules would allow colleges to offer new programs with less scrutiny from accreditors. The…


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New task force to develop maritime research campus Daily Comet The Houma Maritime Campus will be the result of a partnership between the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and Fletcher Technical Community College as well as…


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State budget talks face standstill in community college funding dispute New Jersey News 12 New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and the state legislature are in disagreement over how much funding to give community colleges in…


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Apple, HCC train teachers how to teach coding Houston Chronicle Lisa Jackson, the Apple senior vice president in charge of the company’s educational efforts, said Houston was chosen as the first city for the initiative…


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Millions of adults lack basic reading skills needed for good jobs PBS NewsHour/Education Week (video) In the U.S., 36 million adults lack the basic literacy skills needed to sustain employment — yet education programs for this…


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2020 race brings free college back to the national stage Associated Press The free college movement is resurfacing as a central rallying point for Democrats as they set their sights on the White House. GM,…


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U.S. says $168M ITT for-profit student loans to be forgiven STLtoday.com Former students at ITT Technical Institute locations nationwide, including two in the St. Louis area, will not have to pay $168 million they still…


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…And Justice for All: Community colleges serving the middle class Brookings (blog) Middle-class students are at least as likely to attend two-year colleges as they are to attend public four-year colleges. It’s getting harder for…