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Facing political attack and falling enrollment, colleges take the fight to … each other Hechinger Report Competition is intensifying among institutions and recruiters for a dwindling pool of students. But, AACC President and CEO DeRionne…

New data shows how California’s Black-Serving Institutions are performing Inside Higher Ed The state added the BSI designation two years ago. Now, new research reveals heartening numbers on Black student attainment, as well as some…

Making guided pathways work: How one community college scaled up and improved its approach Chronicle of Higher Education North Carolina’s Stanly Community College hired one part-time employee to try something new: one-to-one professional advising for…

Hyundai Steel needed a site for a $6B U.S. plant. It came down to location, location, workforce Work Shift Most of the new jobs at Hyundai will require an associate degree or less, but more…

Justice sues Maryland over in-state tuition policy for undocumented immigrants States Newsroom Maryland on Thursday became the latest state to be sued by the U.S. Department of Justice for its policy granting in-state college tuition…

Vaccines, transcripts and more: How educators combat the summer melt threatening college enrollment San Antonio Report The micro-barriers are anything from not knowing how to access their transcripts, or are missing documents, vaccine records, even…

Wisconsin tech colleges’ budgets could get ‘tough … ugly,’ leader says Cap Times Wisconsin’s 16 public technical colleges are facing a financial storm while preparing their budget plans for next year, warns the system’s president,…

Commentary: Americans haven’t given up on higher ed. They’re asking more of it. Lumina Foundation (blog) Today’s Americans still believe in higher education. They simply expect it to demonstrate its value in ways previous generations…

Colleges get more money for workforce development, athletic departments in North Carolina budget WRAL News The new state budget overhauls how North Carolina’s community colleges are funded, among other changes affecting higher education. The budget…

AACC’s president on the future of community colleges Inside Higher Ed DeRionne Pollard wants to see community colleges claim the spotlight as engines of innovation. She’s determined to elevate their work on the national stage….