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Trump calls for rural internet expansion The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines President Donald Trump’s visit to Kirkwood Community College in Iowa came as a part of Technology Week for the White House….

Community colleges like mine are proving Kellyanne Conway wrong Washington Post (blog) The president’s rhetoric about strengthening American businesses rarely references the tireless efforts behind training our nation’s increasingly diverse workforce, writes DeRionne Pollard, president…

Now that community and technical colleges are free, what’s stopping Tennesseans from enrolling? WPLN-FM Even after the state has started waiving tuition for most students at community and technical colleges, other barriers such as transportation…

Commentary: Community colleges crucial Colorado Springs Gazette In the debates about the role education plays in our nation’s economy and democracy, we too often overlook our two-year colleges, write Gene A. Budig, former president of…

Dreamers allowed to stay in U.S. for now New York Times President Trump will not immediately eliminate protections for Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children, according to memorandums issued Thursday…

Community college tries fixing roadblocks to completion Marketplace.org (with audio) Just before noon on a recent Thursday, Robert Piluso’s English 1A class was wrapping up at Mt. San Antonio College near Los Angeles. Many of…

Trump tours tech college, readies job-training initiative Washington Times President Donald Trump toured a technical college in Wisconsin on Tuesday, promoting a plan for more apprenticeships and other alternatives to a four-year degree that he…

Study notes community colleges’ critical economic and social benefits STLtoday.com Counties with a high percentage of high school dropouts, in addition to having lower levels of household income, had more obesity, more smokers, more childhood…

Pending Connecticut law makes transferring college credits clearer Connecticut Mirror A state bill on its way to the governor would require the state’s public universities to publish links to transfer agreements on the state’s higher…

Germanna Community College opens its Fredericksburg Center for Advanced Technology Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star Virginia, like a number of other states, has begun focusing on careers in trades and other occupations that require more than a…