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Community colleges get creative to survive spring, while prepping for a surge next fall Washington Post Uniquely suited to respond quickly to a changing economic landscape, community colleges could serve an important role for students,…
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Maine community colleges offering free healthcare training programs for laid-off workers Bangor Daily News The state is suspending restrictions for some online job training programs in an effort to quickly train out-of-work residents for healthcare…
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New deadlines for Pathways to Credentials applications Due to COVID-19, the Education Department has extended to April 16 the application deadline for Pathways to Credentials, which provides community colleges with free technical assistance on stackable,…
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Massachusetts community colleges struggle to go remote during coronavirus Boston Herald Strapped for financial resources and without billion-dollar endowments to tap, community colleges across Massachusetts have been scrambling to adjust thousands of courses to the…
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Hawkeye Community College faces ‘significant’ losses from COVID-19 shutdown The Courier The Iowa college will face tough financial times because of canceled events and programs, especially its training programs, its president says. Spring commencement postponed,…
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How SLCC cosmetology students are getting their hours, hands-on practice from home Daily Advertiser To protect students and staff from the spread of COVID-19, cosmetology students at South Louisiana Community College logged into a virtual…
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Los Angeles Community College District to give out 3,000 laptops amid switch to online classes CBS-LA As nearly all Southern California schools and colleges contend with switching to online learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic, 300…
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Community college builds face shields for Omaha hospital World-HeraldMetropolitan Community College’s prototype design lab is producing plastic face shields for Nebraska Medicine amid a supply shortage of personal protective equipment for healthcare workers. Bergen’s drive-thru…
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The community college administrator dealing with COVID-19 disruption at work and at home Marketplace As dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Cultures at Minneapolis Community and Technical College, COVID-19 has upended Derrick Lindstrom’s…
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Drive-thru coronavirus screenings offered at Blue Ridge Community College Blue Ridge Now An offsite, mobile screening site for coronavirus opened Sunday on the main campus of Blue Ridge Community College in Flat Rock. Fulton-Montgomery Community…