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Commentary: What Elizabeth Warren’s free college plan gets wrong Washington Monthly Her proposal would bake into place the vast injustices of the existing system. Here’s a better approach, writes Kevin Carey of New America. Workforce…
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New CEOs Martin Eggensperger has been named president of Black River Technical College in Arkansas. He comes from Arkansas State University—Mountain Home, where he currently is vice chancellor for academic affairs. Previously, Eggensperger served as…
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Commentary: The real college scandal New York Times We skimp on the students who need the most help. Community colleges work to meet demand for skilled trades in Spokane Spokane Journal of Business Faculty at…
Interventions and the opioid epidemic
The nation’s opioid epidemic has largely skipped college campuses, but that doesn’t mean higher education institutions are ignoring the problem. Considering that community colleges, in particular, are often the bedrock of their wider regions, some…
Funding roundup
Students at 14 Virginia community colleges will benefit from a $100,000 grant from the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation to expand food emergency offerings to students. The goal of the grant is to…
Invest more in community colleges
Community colleges are vastly under-resourced and, as a result, largely cannot fulfill their promise to serve as engines of social mobility, according to a new report from the Century Foundation. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of…
Unfinished Business: ‘Our next frontier’
Community colleges have excelled at providing students with access to higher education, and over the past several years have improved in helping their students succeed. But one area that remains a challenge for all higher…
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What you don’t know about the Navy’s plans for a community college NavyTimes.com Work continues on establishing a “Naval Community College” that Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer wants for sailors and Marines by early…
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Albany Technical College moves to ‘7 + 7 semesters’ WALB In efforts to enroll more students, and eventually graduate more students, Albany Technical College is completely revamping its semesters. Each semester will now be made…
Competencies lay a clear path
In the 1990s, Lee Ann Nutt was chatting with a career counselor who set down a higher education publication in front of her. It was folded to the classified section. Heather Boerneris an education writer…