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Essential workers to get free college under new Whitmer planCNNThe plan, proposed by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and modeled on the GI Bill, would pay for college for those frontline workers who don’t have a…
Campus Issues
Continuing with the culinary arts
2020 was promising to be the year of new beginnings for El Centro College’s recently rebranded Culinary, Pastry and Hospitality (CPH) program. There was the new name, the new 50,000-square-foot facility, even a star-studded celebrity…
Looking at recession data to gauge possible trends
The Community College Research Center (CCRC) released two new blog posts today. The first one examines community college enrollment trends during the Great Recession as a lens to view the impacts of COVID-19 on enrollments this…
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Commentary: Community colleges will be essential to California’s recoverySan Francisco ExaminerWhen the shelter-in-place order is finally lifted, millions of Californians will be seeking employment in a drastically different economy. Some workplaces will not survive; others…
Dual enrollment carries on virtually
In general, community colleges seem to be working well with their high school partners to adapt their courses to a distance learning environment for dual-enrollment students. Dual-enrollment programs are based on strong partnerships, and that…
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Commentary: The strengths we’ve built during the coronavirus outbreak will accelerate our recoveryCleveland.comThe strengths we build now will carry us forward as we emerge from this outbreak, writes Alex Johnson, president of Cuyahoga Community College…
Joint meetings focus on COVID-related issues
Each week since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, board members of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) have come together to hear from experts and…
Blazing their own trail
Nelson Mandela once said: “A leader…is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from…
Reporter’s notebook
Grants to states for short-term programs The U.S. Education Department will make available $127.5 million in coronavirus relief funding to states for short-term postsecondary programs and work-based learning programs. The funding is part of $307.5…
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Will students show up for college in fall 2020? Community colleges offer a hint. It isn’t pretty.USA TodayFlexibility has long been a strength of community colleges, which can move more quickly than universities typically can…