Fingers crossed about enrollments
As fall enrollment figures begin to gel, a small but growing number of community colleges are reporting a slight uptick in enrollments compared to last year, but still far below the numbers they had before…
Campus Issues
Adding zip to students’ acceptance letters
It started after leaders at Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) heard from an applicant who received a letter from the Michigan college. “Have I been accepted?” she asked. “I can’t tell.” That prompted the GRCC…
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Newsom rejects second effort to make more community college adjunct faculty eligible for health careEdSourceThe California governor vetoed a similar bill last year, citing unknown costs. LCCC partners with Moen to expand earn and learn…
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Tennessee community college enrollment dropsAxios NashvilleEnrollment at Tennessee’s network of 13 community colleges continues a pandemic-era slide, dropping to its lowest numbers in more than 30 years. Atlantic Cape offering aviation and career development college…
DataPoints: A look at Latino students
More than one-third (36%) of Latino postsecondary education students in fall 2020 were enrolled at a public two-year college, compared to 47% enrolled at a public four-year institution, according to an Excelencia in Education analysis…
Becoming proximate to the American Dream
Community colleges have long been the means to better oneself through higher education. Indeed, we have a storied history of being a clear conduit to the American Dream. Recently, our community colleges have stood at…
Bye-bye, IRAPs
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on Friday announced a final rule to rescind the Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Program, ending a fledgling effort to expand apprenticeships that was marred in politics from the start. DOL said…
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The push for free community college gets a major showing, as hundreds call on Newsom to sign Becker’s SB 893Almanac NewsThe bill would enable the district to waive or reduce enrollment fees and expand scholarship…
My, how the tables have turned – Recording classes
Near the end of the last millennium, 1996 to 1998 to be exact, I was the administrator primarily responsible for developing the infrastructure necessary for videoconferencing (also known as interactive television or iTV) between classrooms…
Washington Watch: A recap of Advocates in Action
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) hosted its Advocates in Action meeting last Thursday and Friday, an event that hasn’t been held since 2019 due to the Covid pandemic. More than 70 community college…