English as second language (ESL) students are an ever-increasing portion of the adult education population of community colleges nationwide. Guilford Technical Community College in North Carolina is among them. At its Greensboro campus, the percentage…
New guidance released Friday by the U.S. Education Department (ED) contains mostly good news on two key issues for community college leaders. It applies to funds colleges have received through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and…
Vaccine distribution hubsMore colleges freeze tuition Vaccine distribution hubs The Biden administration will look at how to leverage community colleges and minority-serving institutions as hubs for Covid vaccinations, in part, to reach low-income and people…
ED begins rolling back Trump-era policies on defrauded studentsNPRThe U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday it is scrapping a controversial formula, championed by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, that granted only partial student loan relief…
A year ago, our country, and the world, shut down in order to slow the spread of the deadly Covid-19 virus. Community colleges, the bastion of open access, quickly and effectively moved to online teaching…
Senate committee moves bill to allow collective bargaining rights for community college employeesWTOPIn Maryland, Senate Bill 746 would enable community college employees to unionize and hold elections if they wanted to, but it does not…
The chair of the House Education and Labor Committee on Wednesday reiterated his support to allow Pell grants to cover qualifying short-term training programs, noting that community colleges would play a key role in such…
Every year, Glenn Richards, director of housing at Jackson College in Michigan, used to get one or two students calling to say they were scheduling their classes, but they would need housing with their children….
New CEOs Cynthia Anthony will become president of Lawson State Community College in Alabama on April 1. She has served as interim president since September. Anthony has 30 years of higher education experience, previously serving…
Higher education officials urge legislature to invest in colleges and universities after pandemic takes toll on students and economyTexas TribuneAs the Texas legislature grapples with a struggling pandemic economy and the impact of an unprecedented…