Defining our future
I recently read something that inspired me to carefully reflect on community colleges. In a passage about the history of the sector, it noted that “great challenges faced the United States … including global economic…
Campus Issues
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Commentary: Community colleges are the front line for workforce innovationThe CampusAs bachelor’s-granting institutions grow ever more focused on employability, there’s much they can learn from community colleges, write Vicki Karolewics, president of Wallace State Community…
Providing a second chance
Many people in this country look at their circumstances and can’t imagine that there’s a different and better life for them. Approximately 10.6 million people go to jail each year in the United States with…
DataPoints: More education, more earnings, but….
In general, the higher the degree earned, the higher the earnings. For example, an associate degree increases lifetime earnings over a high school diploma by 25%, according to a new report from the Georgetown University…
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Long wait for students to enroll in some community college nursing programsEdSourceIt’s a problem that leaders of the student senate of the California Community Colleges want to confront to eliminate a controversial lottery system that…
Newsmakers
CEO obituary Stephen K. Mittelstet, who served as president of then Richland College in the Dallas County Community College District for 31 years, passed away on October 6. He was 78. Mittlelstet was noted as…
Ore. college opens first community college writing residency in U.S.
A first-of-its-kind program opened this fall at Oregon’s Portland Community College (PCC). The Carolyn Moore Writing Residency is the first and only writing residency that is hosted by a community college in the United States….
A game-changer for a generation
A group of kindergartners in Virginia recently brought home good news to their parents: their college tuition, textbooks and fees would be paid for when they graduated from high school. In fact, all current K-12…
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Virginia community colleges are dropping President John Tyler and others from their names amid racial reckoningWashington PostName changes within the Virginia Community College System reflect the breadth and persistence of the racial reckoning in higher…
Funding roundup
With new federal funding, community colleges can work to increase the number of Hispanic and low-income students getting degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. Several colleges have received Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM and…