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Coronavirus could change where students go to college, if they go at all USA Today Even before the crisis, Joseph Castro, president of California State University-Fresno, had noticed an increase of students applying to the…
Coronavirus could change where students go to college, if they go at all USA Today Even before the crisis, Joseph Castro, president of California State University-Fresno, had noticed an increase of students applying to the…
As community college recruiting tools – such as open houses, campus tours and college fairs – have gone digital during the coronavirus crisis, enrollment professionals say it’s more important than ever to forge personal connections…
New Jersey college cuts tuition by 20 percent for summer term A community college in New Jersey announced Monday it plans to cut tuition for all summer classes by 20 percent. “We know the COVID…
Commentary: ‘So many students are already sleeping in their cars, homeless shelters or even on the street’ Hechinger Report Every day, as president of the student body at Los Angeles City College, Jemere Calhoun works…
With the end of the spring term quickly approaching, a wave of community colleges over the past few days has decided on how to handle commencements this spring, whether to continue running nearly all their…
How community colleges are helping students in need during pandemic Daily Herald “It gives me a little more time,” Paola Castro, 25, says of a $400 grant from Oakton Community College in Des Plaines, Illinois,…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) will disburse stimulus funding to higher education institutions in two waves, with the first round of $6.3 billion designated specifically to help students in need going out immediately. ED on…
In 1920, 34 junior college leaders gathered in St. Louis, Missouri, for a meeting called by U.S. Commissioner of Education Philander Claxton to discuss the role of two-year colleges. They represented 22 of the nation’s…
Evergreen Valley College (EVC) will use a $400,000 grant from the California State Chancellor’s Community College Mental Health Services Program to address the mental health needs of students. The California legislature approved $10 million of…
Gearing up for the next stimulus bill Higher education organizations — including the American Association of Community Colleges — are busy advocating for additional funding through another federal stimulus bill expected from Congress. In a…