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VC president knows firsthand about benefits of community colleges Victoria Advocates Victoria College President David Hinds figured he would seek a career in the oilfields of West Texas straight out of high school. But the…



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Expanded program draws future industrial mechanics Dunn County News It started with some people in area manufacturing talking to people at Chippewa Valley Technical College (Wisconsin) about how desperately they need people who know how…


Newsmakers

CEOs on the move Kristin Williams has been named chancellor of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), effective August 16. She is currently president of Henderson Community College and has served as interim…


Talking about race

Last December, while students at Portland Community College (PCC) in Oregon were on their winter break, vandals defaced the school’s Cascade campus with white supremacist, anti-Semitic and neo-Nazi propaganda. Dennis PierceDennis Pierce is an education…


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New ‘finish line’ grants to help community college students graduate WRAL.com In North Carolina, students in good academic standing who are at least 75 percent done with their degree can apply for up to $1,000…


Funding roundup

In Massachusetts, Mount Wachusett Community College’s Adult Education (AE) Transition to Community College program was once again supported with a $99,830 Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education grant. The grant will allow MWCC to…


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Where are all the female college presidents? Forbes A number of variables account for a lack of women in leadership roles, which include a lack of diversity in hiring practices, bias and family life. Community college…


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Food stamp work requirements would force states to provide job training. Many aren’t ready. Huffington Post The House version of the food-stamp-to-work program Congress is considering this week would require recipients to enroll in job…