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Last fall, metallurgical manufacturer Eramet Marietta set out to see if it could improve efficiencies in its manufacturing process. Missy RichmanMore Posts
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The regenerative leadership development aspect of the Mentor-Connect program began a new phase in 2019 with Ken Mays’ addition to the corps of Mentor Fellows. Mays is the first Mentor-Connect mentee to participate in the…
Inspect what you expect
For those of us in the education field, summer evokes thoughts of slowing down and catching up on the projects that are lingering from the recently completed semester. But, the truth is that for most…
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Collins’ bill aims to prevent quagmire that threatened UMPI’s TRIO program The County Legislation co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) would ensure that minor technical errors do not stop colleges and universities from accessing…
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Research programs at community colleges grow Chemical & Engineering News As recognition grows that introducing undergraduate research earlier in a student’s education can be an important recruitment and retention tool for the sciences, more people…
Remembering Wright Lassiter
Long-time Dallas-area community college leader Wright Lassiter, Jr., passed away July 1. He was 85. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts – Website
What happened to the $10,000 degree?
Rick Perry had just been elected to a third term as governor of Texas when he issued a call to the state’s public colleges and universities in a 2011 speech. Barbara ShellyBarbara Shelly is a…
Funding roundup
A $90,000 FARO measurement tool gifted to Butler County Community College (BC3) in Pennsylvania will enhance a distinctive and nationally known metrology program whose graduates have the highest potential starting salaries among the college’s occupational…
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Tennessee colleges will now have to create suicide prevention plans Nashville Public Radio A state law taking effect July 1 requires all state institutions of higher education to develop and publicize their own protocols for…
Talking about success — with students
“How would you rate yourself when it comes to note-taking?” instructor Scott Rowles asked a group of 16 students during a recent morning class at Central Oregon Community College’s (COCC) Bend Campus. Mark Russell JohnsonMark…