Infusing equity into campus operations
In recent years and especially over the past 12 months, with the Covid-19 pandemic and the unrest after the death of George Floyd, community colleges have been making efforts to view and rethink their missions…
Campus Issues
Transfer rates drop, continue to mirror enrollment declines
Far fewer college students transferred to other institutions over the past year mainly a result of declining college enrollments prompted by the pandemic, and community college students again saw the biggest drops, according to a…
e-Headlines
(College) credit where credit is duedotEDU (podcast of the American Council on Education) Anne Kress, president of Northern Virginia Community College, joins the discussion about a new ACE report on reimagining policies on transfer of…
Rhodes ready to lead AACC board of directors
Richard Rhodes, chancellor of the Austin Community College District, will become chair of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) board of directors on July 1, succeeding William Serrata, president of El Paso Community College…
Biden pitches big funding increases for FY22
The Biden administration on Friday gave Congress its appropriations wish list for fiscal year 2022 that includes increases for community colleges, Pell Grant awards and job training programs, including registered apprenticeships. Overall, the president’s budget…
Reporter’s notebook
AACC/ACCT seek $50B for upgrades to college facilitiesKudos to Goldwater scholars AACC/ACCT seek $50B for upgrades to college facilities The two national organizations representing community college leaders are asking Congress to include $50 billion in…
Newsmakers
New CEOs Melissa Gonzalez is the new president of Lone Star College’s (LSC) Kingwood campus, effective June 1. She currently is president of Houston Community College’s Southeast campus, a position she has held since 2017….
e-Headlines
Commentary: America is failing its workforceCNNA new model for college and career preparation would have more measurement, more accountability, more relevancy and more flexibility, writes Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida. Leading community colleges…
An opportunity like no other
Dr. Sian Proctor — geoscientist, professor, space artist. That last one might cause you to pause, but that is exactly what the South Mountain Community College (SMCC) geoscience professor will be doing in space in…
Prepared for launch
Not many people can say they’ve worked on every U.S.-led rover mission to Mars. One who can is David C. Gruel, who graduated from Holyoke Community College (HCC) in 1991. Five years out of HCC, Gruel…