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Commentary: Harvard is less important than you thinkThe CrimsonThe colleges that teach the most students and have the largest impact on educational opportunity are facing a very different set of problems than elite institutions. So,…
Campus Issues
‘We’ll never have more money than we do today’
The chief information officer of a university, who was serving on a panel about the future of information technology in higher education, made this prophetic, frightening and probably accurate statement about funding: “We’ll never have…
Snapshots
A few photos from last week’s Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Principal Investigator’s Conference in Washington, D.C. The annual event is managed by the American Association of Community Colleges with support from the National Science Foundation….
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How employers view an associate degreeU.S. News & World Report“What we’re seeing at the national level is large companies looking at community colleges to advance their own workforce,” says Martha Parham, senior vice president for…
Funding roundup
A $10 million gift will allow Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) to modernize its business building and transform its School of Business. The gift from the Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Foundation is the…
Community college: a place for students of all backgrounds and experiences
One person worked in a grocery store; another waited on tables. A third didn’t know what to do after high school. And then there was the high-achieving high school sophomore. For all four, a turning…
Final regs on Pell grants for prison ed
The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Thursday released final regulations that will usher the reinstatement of Pell Grant eligibility for individuals in prison that is set to begin next summer. More than 760,000 people in…
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Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees get free weekly English lessons at EvCCHerald NetWashington’s Snohomish County is home to 1,905 refugees from Ukraine. Refugee and Immigrant Services Northwest is helping them to build new lives. Your guide…
Look deeper for student potential
Educators can better help students realize their full potential if they look beyond IQ and other standard measures of intelligence and consider their current level of competence, life skills, passion and inspiration to succeed, the…
Newsmakers
New CEOs Emmett Griswold has been named president of Albany Technical College in Georgia, effective November 1. He has served as interim president since June. Griswold started at the college as a criminal justice instructor…