Completion after six years at 38%
Almost 38 percent of students who began at a public two-year institution completed a degree in six years, according to a new study by the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Research Center that tracked a cohort…
Campus Issues
At least a bachelor’s for all nursing jobs? Not so fast
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is pushing back on efforts by an association representing nursing colleges to make baccalaureates the entry-level degree for nursing jobs. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association…
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Faculty speak out against community college consolidation plan Hartford Courant With the Board of Regents for Higher Education poised to vote Thursday on a cost-saving plan to consolidate the state’s 12 community colleges, some faculty…
ED urged to resume loan cancellations
A government watchdog is urging the U.S. Education Department (ED) to resume the process of forgiving student loans for tens of thousands Americans who were defrauded by for-profit colleges. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press….
House HEA markup draws partisan lines
The House Education and the Workforce Committee on Tuesday began to mark up its bill to revamp the Higher Education Act, which kicked off with a partisan yet cordial tone. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community…
College fire cadets called to battle Calif. fires
Rio Hondo College Fire Crew 77 has rotated into action to assist U.S. Forest Service firefighters in battling a series of California wildfires that sprang up last week. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American…
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ECCC: Report shows high marks for student success, student progress Meridian Star Mississippi’s Community College Report Card incorporates measures closely aligned with the Voluntary Framework of Accountability developed by the American Association of Community Colleges….
Using the VFA to develop strategies for student success
Greg Hamann, president of Linn-Benton Community College in Oregon and a member of the American Association of Community Colleges board of directors, joins CCDaily for a brief chat about AACC’s Voluntary Framework of Accountability (VFA)….
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Commentary: Look to community colleges for diverse tech-industry talent Seattle Times Seattle’s technology industry has a diversity problem, writes Sheila Edwards Lange, president of Seattle Central College. Filling adjunct teaching jobs in math, science now…
Twin focus on making and keeping Miss. college grads
It’s not a new pitch, but Higher Education Commissioner Glenn Boyce is making it again — Mississippi needs to get more educated in a hurry. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This…