A commitment to count all learning
Community colleges offer many ways for people to develop new skills that prepare them for good jobs that pay a living wage or better. More and more, these learners are looking for ways to get…
Campus Issues
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Gretchen Whitmer: Expand Michigan Reconnect program for community college Bridge Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is urging Michigan lawmakers to expand the state’s tuition-free community college program known as Michigan Reconnect by lowering its minimum age…
Newsmakers
New CEOs Joy Bodin will become president of Hennepin Technical College (HTC), effective immediately. She has served as interim president of Minnesota college since June 2022. Previously, Bodin was vice president of academic and student…
House GOP introduces PELL Act
Key House Republications on Wednesday introduced a bill that would extend Pell Grant eligibility to qualifying short-term workforce education programs. Among the eligibility requirements is a formula to determine if programs “provide a positive return…
Welcome to the Great Retraining
The Great Resignation has led to the Great Retraining, especially in the technology workforce, according to a new report from the Cengage Group. The global education technology company this fall re-surveyed Great Resigners — those…
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Colorado community colleges could soon issue high school diplomas ColoradoPolitics.com If passed by the full state legislature, Senate Bill 7 would allow community colleges, area technical colleges and local district colleges to issue high school…
Ore. college prepares for growth in corrections ed
After a more than 20 years hiatus, Pell grants for people in prisons interested in pursuing higher education is back, and Portland Community College (PCC) is at the center of a state-funded program to help…
Ensuring a smooth re-entry
A widely cited Emory University study found that while 76% of incarcerated Americans return to prison within five years, that rate drops to 55% for those who take high school classes, 30% for those who…
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How colleges can partner-up The EdUp Experience podcast Tracy Hartzler, president of Central New Mexico Community College, discusses how the college uses Unmudl, a national skills-to-jobs online marketplace that connects working learners with a consortium…
Funding roundup
Durham Technical Community College can grow its life sciences program with the help of a $6 million gift from healthcare company Novo Nordisk. This is the largest donation received in the North Carolina college’s history….