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New task force to develop maritime research campus Daily Comet The Houma Maritime Campus will be the result of a partnership between the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and Fletcher Technical Community College as well as…
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Honored for successfully serving Latino students
Three community colleges – all of them in Texas – are among the nine institutions of higher education that earned the 2019 Seal of Excelencia. Austin Community College District, El Paso Community College and South…
Reporter’s notebook
House passes funding package, but… The House passed a nearly $1 trillion spending package on Wednesday by a 226-203 vote. However, Democrats’ victory could be short-lived as there is still the issue of budget caps…
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State budget talks face standstill in community college funding dispute New Jersey News 12 New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and the state legislature are in disagreement over how much funding to give community colleges in…
Bringing students back through debt forgiveness
While a growing number of community colleges are offering free tuition mainly to recent high school graduates who qualify, an increasing number of colleges are also looking at ways to bring back former students who…
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Editor’s note: Submitted photos from AACC-member colleges. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community College Daily and serves as associate vice president of communications for the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts
House panel examines dual credit, CBE
The House Education and Labor Committee on Wednesday heard from education advocates on how dual-enrollment programs and competency-based education (CBE) can reduce college costs for students, among other benefits. But to run effectively, such programs…
DataPoints
Education and earnings: Earnings increase with education levels, but they also increase based on the selected discipline. (Read the PDF.) AACC StaffMore Posts – Website
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Apple, HCC train teachers how to teach coding Houston Chronicle Lisa Jackson, the Apple senior vice president in charge of the company’s educational efforts, said Houston was chosen as the first city for the initiative…
Newsmakers
New CEOs Arturo Reyes will become superintendent/president at Rio Hondo College (California). He is currently superintendent/president of the Mendocino-Lake Community College District, which he has led since 2013. Prior to Mendocino, Reyes served as executive…