The $78B reason why community colleges need America’s attentionCenter for American Progress (blog)Despite playing a vital role in educating the nation’s workforce, community colleges are inadequately funded. In 2016, they received two-fifths of what four-year…
Community colleges boost internet capability through networkAssociated PressMississippi’s 15 community colleges are upgrading to a fiber-based broadband network that officials say will allow faster internet speeds and more collaboration with other institutions of higher learning…
Why Biden’s ed agenda prioritizes community collegesUniversity Business“Lower-enrollment and lower allocations from state budgets are going to impact the bottom line at a time when colleges need to increase services to students,” says Martha Parham…
Wisconsin college recognized for how it resumed instruction during pandemicKenosha NewsThe U.S. Education Department has selected Gateway Technical College as a school with one of the best examples of how to operate during the pandemic….
Scholarship for essential workers draws 85k applicantsMichigan RadioThere is a long list of business groups that are supporting the Futures for Frontliners scholarship. AJC On Campus: Biden’s plan for collegesAtlanta Journal-ConstitutionPresident-elect Joe Biden discussed ideas…
Arizona OKs recreational pot, schools tax hike undecidedAssociated PressThe Smart and Safe Arizona Act levies a 16% excise tax on pot and could bring in an estimated $255 million in new revenue annually when combined…
Affirmative action ballot measure fails, but these students are still fighting to diversify their universitiesCALmattersProposition 16 failed, but students at public colleges and universities in California have been trying to increase representation of students of…
Middlesex Community College generates nearly $360M for local economyLowell SunThe Massachusetts college credits successful graduates and major investments to financial success. Washtenaw Community College, teachers union agree to contract extensionsClickondetroit.comIn Michigan, Washtenaw Community College and…
Commentary: Federal higher ed relief urgently needed for Michigan studentsBridge MichiganNeither Michigan nor any other state can avoid devastating cuts to its higher education budget without more help from the federal government, write Caroline Smith…
Wisconsin college to remove ‘Indianhead’ from ‘out-of-date’ nameStar TribuneWisconsin Indianhead Technical College will adopt a new name and mascot after surveys and focus groups found the name is out-of-date and does not “clearly articulate the…