Funding roundup
NASA is helping students reach for the stars by awarding a total of $1.4 million to five community colleges through the Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP). The colleges will establish new courses to…
Campus Issues
ED’s plan to nix gainful employment regs
The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Friday announced its proposal to rescind the so-called “gainful employment” (GE) regulations — a move that was much anticipated. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community…
Newsmakers
New CEOs Claudia Schrader will serve as president of Kingsborough Community College in New York as of September 15. She is currently provost and senior vice president for academic and student success at Bronx Community College…
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Ivanka Trump tours welding program at Lewis & Clark to promote workforce development Belleville News-Democrat (with video) The visit by Ivanka Trump, presidential adviser and daughter of the president, to the Illinois community college on…
Affordability is critical in budget process
For community college leaders, maintaining affordability is a high priority and raising tuition is a last resort. But ensuring the college is providing a high-quality education that is also a good value for students is…
From a student’s perspective
For 16 years I have attended class — not as the president of Santa Fe College, but as a student. How can you lead what you do not know? Jackson Sasseris president of Santa Fe…
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Macomb Community College exceeds $10M goal in largest-ever fundraising campaign Crain’s Detroit Business Macomb Community College (Michigan) exceeded the $10 million goal for its largest-ever fundraising campaign thanks to a $1 million donation from JPMorgan…
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New hands-on course guides UH community college students to Mānoa UH System Current News A new six-week oceanography course at the University of Hawaii is geared toward community college students and goes beyond the usual…
Washington Watch: ED tees up key regulatory efforts
President Obama’s administration was notable for its ambitious postsecondary regulatory activity. This included new policy approaches that were not necessarily prescribed by statute. The Trump administration has signaled both formally and informally that it, too,…
Too much to juggle
A student recently came into my office at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (New York), where I am a mathematics professor. A single mother with a 5-year-old daughter, the student told me she works…