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Millennial Money: Skipped college in 2021? Enroll this fallNerdWallet/Associated PressCommunity colleges have made many changes to meet the needs of their students, which can make it easier for students to return to college, says Martha…
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New CEO Irvin T. Clark is now president of Southern Crescent Technical College in Georgia. He previously was vice president for economic development at Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC), a position he held since 2017….
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Massachusetts community colleges get state aid to boost enrollment, expand STEM programsState House News ServiceFour Massachusetts public colleges and universities will share $120 million in state funding to boost student capacity and expand instruction in…
Meeting students’ mental health needs
On the first day of spring classes, Joan Barrett was walking around the Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) campus as usual, greeting students and making sure they knew where to go. It’s what Barrett, vice…
Funding roundup
Augusta Technical College’s (ATC) new automotive technology facility is closer to becoming a reality thanks to a $1 million gift from the Jim Hudson Automotive Group. “Cars have always been in my blood and this…
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The upward mobility problemHarvard MagazineMost Americans earn less than their parents did. Can community colleges bridge the gap? ‘We’re teachers too’: Community college faculty feel shortchanged by legislative raisesThe DispatchMississippi’s 15 community colleges have long…
Four leadership strategies
When I began my career in 1978 as an adjunct faculty member and counselor at Cedar Valley College in southern Dallas County, Texas, higher education was profoundly different than it is today, but it was…
Washington Watch: DOL to hold regional listening sessions on FLSA regulations
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will host a series of public listening sessions for employers throughout May and early June to seek feedback on potential changes to the salary level threshold for “white-collar” exemptions…
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President on the move Dennis Rittle was named president of Northwest Arkansas Community College, effective July 11. He has served as president of Cowley College in Kansas since 2015. Rittle, an alumnus of the Community…
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States look to community colleges to fill labor gapStateline (published by Pew Charitable Trusts)Legislatures in at least 10 states have expanded workforce training programs at community colleges since the start of the pandemic or begun…