Sinclair Community College suspends all sports for 2020-21 academic year due to COVID-19 crisisDayton Daily NewsAffected student-athletes will be offered guaranteed paid tuition. Public colleges, regulators brace for ‘unprecedented challenge’WBURMassachusetts education officials plan to analyze…
Commentary: Bring back the Nurse Corps to fight coronavirusThe HillThe COVID-19 pandemic is creating another nightmare shortage of frontline healthcare workers. It’s time to revive the Nurse Corps for the modern age. How will colleges…
Colleges serving Hispanic students take on urgent role as bridge to ‘post-pandemic future’NBC NewsEl Paso Community College President William Serrata is working against the clock to convince both new and current Latino students to enroll…
Essential workers to get free college under new Whitmer planCNNThe plan, proposed by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and modeled on the GI Bill, would pay for college for those frontline workers who don’t have a…
Commentary: Community colleges will be essential to California’s recoverySan Francisco ExaminerWhen the shelter-in-place order is finally lifted, millions of Californians will be seeking employment in a drastically different economy. Some workplaces will not survive; others…
Commentary: The strengths we’ve built during the coronavirus outbreak will accelerate our recoveryCleveland.comThe strengths we build now will carry us forward as we emerge from this outbreak, writes Alex Johnson, president of Cuyahoga Community College…
Will students show up for college in fall 2020? Community colleges offer a hint. It isn’t pretty.USA TodayFlexibility has long been a strength of community colleges, which can move more quickly than universities typically can…
Unprecedented numbers of college students seek help to pay rent, buy food during pandemicTacoma News TribuneThe Clover Park Technical College Foundation always has had an emergency assistance fund for students facing hardship. In the past…
Washington college president tackles new challenges during pandemicMyEdmondsNews.comAs the region grapples with the aftermath, Edmonds College President Amit Singh is putting his expertise in economics to work as a member of Snohomish County’s new Economic…
Community colleges could see a surge in popularity amid COVID-19CNBC“Under the circumstances, families may turn to us as the gateway of opportunity, and we’ve been ready,” says Michael Baston, president of Rockland Community College in…