Community colleges to take hard look at how they teach aspiring copsWall Street Journal (subscription required)Community colleges around the country are embarking on reviews of how they teach future police officers, aiming to make changes…
Making the transition from being president of one community college to another is challenging enough. Doing it during a pandemic, when meetings have to be conducted virtually, is another level. After Lisa Avery, president of…
Will ‘free college’ survive COVID-19?T74Many of these programs could be at risk in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, as mounting unemployment and business closures starve state and local budgets of tax revenue. Here we…
The Aspen Institute on Tuesday announced the 10 finalists for its 2021 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, which include four two-year colleges from Texas and a Kentucky college that has been a finalist in…
Triangle community colleges see growth in summer enrollment after pandemic-shortened springCBS17.comCommunity colleges in North Carolina’s Triangle area are seeing skyrocketing enrollment numbers for summer sessions as public schools are finalizing plans for the fall. The…
A conversation on Monday about racism and systemic reform on campuses that included two community college presidents was only about 45 minutes, but it packed a punch. During a session that was part of a…
Megan Coval Congress and the president quickly approved the CARES Act in March to provide $14 billion in emergency funding to colleges and students to help them with challenges resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. The…
The Center for First-generation Student Success will soon release a landscape report on support and services for first-generation students at community and technical colleges. The report will show there is not a standard definition for…
William Serrata, president of El Paso Community College (Texas), will become chair of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) board of directors on July 1, succeeding Alex Johnson, president of Cuyahoga Community College in…
Community colleges increase training for police officers in the wake of protestsEdNCAfter a week of protests around the state and concern about the police response, the North Carolina Board of Community Colleges approved funds for…