‘An oasis in rural America’
A new commission at the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is focusing on what it means to be a small and rural college in America today. Ellie Ashford / Matthew DembickiEllie Ashford is an…
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How Hillsborough Community College became a Tampa Bay art destination Creative Loafing Tampa The Florida college’s 50th anniversary art exhibition is like a who’s who of local artists. U.S. Department of Education expected to revamp…
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How community colleges stay local to cope with state instability WNIJ and WNIU (with audio) It’s been a rough couple of years for Illinois community colleges, from the slashed funds of the budget impasse to…
Funding roundup
California’s San Bernardino Valley College (SBVC) will use a grant of nearly $200,000 to enhance and expand services of its Veterans Resource Center (VRC). The grant comes from the California Community College Chancellor’s Office. SBVC…
Private four-year colleges recruit transfers
Private, independent four-year colleges seeking to expand their enrollment are increasingly stepping up efforts to recruit community college transfers. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts – Website
Selective colleges taken to task
A lack of state resources for open-access public higher education institutions such as community colleges is, in part, contributing to an underrepresentation of qualifying minority students at selective public universities, according to a new report….
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Using year-round Pell: About four out of five community colleges responding to a national survey say they have seen an increase in the number of students receiving Pell grants this summer compared to last summer….
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DeVos should be forced to cancel loans for students at closed campuses, lawsuit says Washington Post A lawsuit filed Tuesday against U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos asserts that the Education Department — as required by…
Making strides, but still lagging behind
A growing number of Latinx students in California are graduating high school and enrolling in community colleges and universities, but for many their momentum stalls at college, according to a new report. Daily StaffCCDaily is…
Guarding against cybercrime
Cybercrime is a multi-billion dollar global industry and it grows exponentially each year. Tabitha WhissemoreTabitha Whissemore is a contributor to Community College Daily and managing editor of AACC’s Community College Journal.More Posts – Website