Community college enrollment down 25% nationally since 2011, Census Bureau estimates Cleveland.com The bureau attributed the overall decline in college enrollment to fewer students age 30 and older, a continued robust economy and fewer people…
Ana Karen Lopez – the oldest of seven children in a family that immigrated from Mexico to Texas – dreamed of becoming a nurse but couldn’t afford a college education without extensive financial assistance. Ellie…
CEO on the move Rowena Tomaneng has been selected as the next president of San José City College (SJCC) in California, effective January 6. A first-generation immigrant from the Philippines, Tomaneng has been an educator…
‘A drop in the bucket’: Parents in college need childcare, but federal dollars fall short Washington Post As Congress seeks to update the federal law governing higher education, advocates say an opportunity exists to restructure the…
Seven-figure grants to community colleges were once a rarity. Not anymore. Ed FinkelEd Finkel is an education writer based in Illinois.More Posts
Community colleges overhaul library catalog Daily Journal A new statewide, online catalog will give an advantage to community college students who advance into the California State University or University of California systems by familiarizing them…
David Vest had plenty of college options as he looked forward to his high school graduation in Lexington, Ky., last year. To the surprise of some of his friends, he chose Hawkeye Community College in…
Reviewing mental health on campus WGBH While most of the attention has been focused on four-year institutions, community colleges often have to re-frame the conversation to include their schools, says Bunker Hill Community College President…
Early Monday morning, Claire McGale, manager of the Freight Farms urban agriculture program at Holyoke Community College (HCC), received an urgent email message from Christopher Robert, chef supervisor for the Massachusetts college’s dining services, which…
Forsyth Technical Community College, the Winston-Salem Alliance and the city of Winston-Salem in North Carolina recently announced the launch of the Winston-Salem College Guarantee, funded primarily through a four-year, $870,000 grant by BB&T Corp. Under…