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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…
Campus Issues
Perfect storm leads to collaboration on workforce development
New Jersey expects to add 78,300 new health services jobs by 2026. By 2028, the demand for technology and innovation workers will have increased by 6% from today’s 300,000. These industries and others rely on…
This week’s poll: Prison education and Pell
Beginning July 1, eligible incarcerated individuals may use Pell grants to cover college costs. However, institutions must first gain approval of an existing prison education program from several entities before students can receive the federal…
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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…
Texas poised to fund community colleges based on student outcomes
Texas community college advocates are cheering after the Senate unanimously approved a House bill Friday to fund the state’s community colleges based on how many of their students graduate with a degree or certificate or…
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). …
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Wisconsin college will establish manufacturing charter school WLUK Lakeshore Technical College will use the $650,000 grant to establish a new type of charter school that will help address the continuing labor shortage in the manufacturing…
Celebrating AANHPI Heritage Month
In recognition, of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, CC Daily is publishing articles that discuss the challenges and celebrations of the more than 50 communities and cultures that are part of…
The visible trailblazer: Alone among many
In today’s increasingly diverse world, individuals from different backgrounds are finding themselves in various spaces where they may be the only representative of their racial or ethnic group. In my nearly 45 years of living…