Campus Issues

Washington Watch: CHIPS Act opportunities for community colleges

The American Association of Community Colleges hosted a webinar on Monday that featured Department of Commerce officials discussing opportunities available to community colleges under the CHIPS Act. The legislation will provide $50 billion over the…


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How community college success coaches ‘dig a little deeper’ to tackle student challenges Dallas Morning News Success coaches, a more hands-on approach to advising, are Dallas College’s latest effort to demystify the process of obtaining…



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Commentary: It’s time to act on community college transfer programs Insider Higher Ed With the Supreme Court poised to end affirmative action, there has never been a better time to help community college students get…




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California prisoners depended on community colleges. What happens when their prisons close? Cal Matters For more than 1,500 inmates who attend college in California prison facilities that are shutting down, closures mean they could transfer…



Newsmakers

CEOs on the move Shah Ardalan has been named the seventh president of Randolph Community College (RCC) in North Carolina. He is currently president of Lone Star College (LSC)-University Park in Houston, RCC’s board noted…


Washington Watch: ED proposes gainful employment and related rules

The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Wednesday released its highly anticipated rules governing federal student aid eligibility for all Title IV-eligible certificate programs, under the “gainful employment” (GE) language in the Higher Education Act (HEA). …