Newsmakers
CEO on the move Katrina VanderWoude will serve as the next president of Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, effective February 24. She has more than 20 years of executive and administrative experience, the last six years…
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Young winemakers learn the craft at Healdsburg farm San Francisco Chronicle The 365-acre Shone Farm is both a working farm and an outdoor learning laboratory, the place where students in Santa Rosa Junior College’s agriculture…
Deeper supports to help students, families
The Kresge Foundation has awarded $3.7 million in grants to community colleges and human services nonprofits that are partnering to help low-income individuals in six cities improve their social and economic mobility. Daily StaffCCDaily is…
Funding roundup
Humanities projects at eight community colleges were among the 188 projects that received National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants this week. In total, NEH awarded $30.9 million to support digital projects for the public,…
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When North Carolina community college students face roadblocks, there’s a grant for that WUNC Alamance Community College student Rosalyn Chambers knows what it feels like to have something stand in her way. How Community College…
Developing dynamic professional relationships
Gail M. Alexander accomplished many things as a MentorLinks mentee from October 2017 to November 2019. But she is most proud of rethinking the environmental technologies and sustainable practices (ETSP) curriculum, adding a hands-on automated…
Florida colleges meet developmental ed challenge
Florida community colleges are seeing some positive results from a state law enacted in 2013 that upended developmental education. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts – Website
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College towns depend on accurate count of students living in area America Counts (U.S. Census Bureau blog) It will be easier than ever for college students and other internet users to respond to the 2020…
Senate bill focuses on rural students
A just-introduced bipartisan Senate bill would create a $60 million pilot program to help rural students attain their higher education goals and connect with local job opportunities. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community College Daily and…
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Four-year schools face ‘challenging time’ as students explore trades, community colleges Tribune-Democrat More students are attending trade classes or two-year schools – such as Penn Highlands Community College, which has seen an increase in enrollment…