Newsmakers
New CEOs Brian Caputo will serve as the seventh president of the College of DuPage (COD) in Illinois. He has served as interim president at the college since January, and previously was COD’s vice president…
Campus Issues
Educating the next generation of climate leaders
Reducing the impact of climate change requires leadership from higher education, and many community college presidents are taking up that commitment by educating students about sustainability. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts…
e-Headlines
New task force to develop maritime research campus Daily Comet The Houma Maritime Campus will be the result of a partnership between the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and Fletcher Technical Community College as well as…
Honored for successfully serving Latino students
Three community colleges – all of them in Texas – are among the nine institutions of higher education that earned the 2019 Seal of Excelencia. Austin Community College District, El Paso Community College and South…
Reporter’s notebook
House passes funding package, but… The House passed a nearly $1 trillion spending package on Wednesday by a 226-203 vote. However, Democrats’ victory could be short-lived as there is still the issue of budget caps…
e-Headlines
State budget talks face standstill in community college funding dispute New Jersey News 12 New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and the state legislature are in disagreement over how much funding to give community colleges in…
Bringing students back through debt forgiveness
While a growing number of community colleges are offering free tuition mainly to recent high school graduates who qualify, an increasing number of colleges are also looking at ways to bring back former students who…
Snapshots
Editor’s note: Submitted photos from AACC-member colleges. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community College Daily and serves as associate vice president of communications for the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts
House panel examines dual credit, CBE
The House Education and Labor Committee on Wednesday heard from education advocates on how dual-enrollment programs and competency-based education (CBE) can reduce college costs for students, among other benefits. But to run effectively, such programs…
DataPoints
Education and earnings: Earnings increase with education levels, but they also increase based on the selected discipline. (Read the PDF.) AACC StaffMore Posts – Website