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Small startup, big ideas Cullman Times With its new Technical Education Center for Welding and Entrepreneurship, Alabama’s Wallace State Community College will be positioned to extend its outreach to future small startups with big ideas,…
Campus Issues
How one Vermont college is tackling workforce development — and bucking enrollment trends
In the Green Mountain State, we are proud to have one of the highest high school graduation rates in the country. On the flip side, Vermont also has one of the lowest college-going rates. At…
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Oregon community colleges use state investment package to support students Oregon Public Broadcasting Colleges have started offering free and discounted courses, funding for student needs, and expanded programming using money from Future Ready Oregon —…
Newsmakers
New CEO Naydeen González-De Jesús will serve as the 13th president of San Antonio College (Texas), making her the first woman president in a quarter century and only the second to hold the office since…
The perfect organizational structure?
Reporting structures vary widely among institutions and change over time. According to the annual ITC survey, distance learning reporting structures shifted from “technology” to “academics” ending up with 80% of respondents indicating that they report…
Funding roundup
Howard Community College (HCC) has received its largest private donation in college history through a $2 million gift from the Kahlert Foundation to provide students with financial support and wrap-around services to reach their educational…
Student perspectives: Retaining dual-enrolled students
One of the most important outcomes of attending the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Commission Meetings this fall was hearing directly from college leaders about their biggest challenges. These issues are not only impacting…
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California community colleges hope new bill helping wave student debt will turn enrollment declinesSacramento News & ReviewThe Community College Student Access, Retention and Debt Cancellation Program allows community colleges to use funds to provide financial…
Growing apprenticeships among small businesses
U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh this week emphasized the Biden administration’s support for using registered apprenticeships as a key workforce development strategy to fill job openings — particularly in technology — and as a way…
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‘I’m still motivated to keep going’: Fraudulent for-profit colleges force students to start overSpectrum News 1La’Teesah Love-Minor is among the many students defrauded by the defunct for-profit Corinthian Colleges. She’s now 31 years old and…