Attracting four-year students for the summer
Whether it’s because of the lower tuition, the ability to gain credits while living at home, a particular course they want to take, or a preferable option to a summer job, an increasing number of…
Campus Issues
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Trump targets Pell Grant money for NASA’s budget boost Associated Press Under a budget amendment sent to Congress this week, the administration would use an additional $1.9 billion in surplus Pell Grant money to fund…
DataPoints
Outcomes for Asian students: Asian students who started at public two-year institutions have higher persistence and completion rates than any other race-ethnicity group. (Read the PDF.) AACC StaffMore Posts – Website
Newsmakers
Kudos Loretta Adrian, president of Coastline College in California, was recently honored with the Outstanding President Award from the California Community College Council for Staff and Organizational Development. The award is presented to a president/chancellor in…
Helping staff and faculty SOAR
Clark State Community College in Ohio has about 650 employees; roughly 300 are full time. Though they are all partners in student success across the campus, silos exist. Tabitha Whissemoreis a contributor to Community College…
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Commentary: A long road, well chronicled Harvard Gazette From community college to Pulitzer finalist and Nieman Fellow, Denise-Marie Ordway compares and contrasts different forms of higher education. MSTC expands ag education focus Leader-Telegram Faced with…
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Commentary: Taking next step after prison for single mothers Daily Herald Community and technical colleges are perfect environments to help women transition to new careers, writes Jean Hernandez, president emeritus at Edmonds Community College in…
New approaches to recruit international students
International student recruitment is often the first step in most community colleges’ progress toward campus internationalization. Wayne Wheeleris director of international programs and services at the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts
Funding roundup
In Massachusetts, Northern Essex Community College has been selected by the Boston Foundation to receive the 5th Annual Deval Patrick Prize for Community Colleges, which comes with a $50,000 award. Tabitha Whissemoreis a contributor to…
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Louisiana community, tech colleges to collaborate with Amazon to launch cloud computing programs WAFB Each of the 12 community and technical colleges in the state will implement Amazon Web Services Educate, a new effort to…