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U.S. says $168M ITT for-profit student loans to be forgiven STLtoday.com Former students at ITT Technical Institute locations nationwide, including two in the St. Louis area, will not have to pay $168 million they still…
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Funding roundup
In Wisconsin, Madison Area Technical College’s Innovation Grant program provided $26,999 to buy Hero, a simulation model dog used by veterinary technician students. Students can draw blood, insert a breathing tube or catheter and stop…
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…And Justice for All: Community colleges serving the middle class Brookings (blog) Middle-class students are at least as likely to attend two-year colleges as they are to attend public four-year colleges. It’s getting harder for…
The entrepreneurial community college
Community colleges are becoming more entrepreneurial in their operational strategies. This entrepreneurism trend is partially in response to declining financial resources from traditional funding sources alongside increasing demands. Madeline Pumariega / Carrie HendersonMadeline Pumariega is…
Snapshots
A few photos from the American Association of Community Colleges’ Advocates in Action meeting this week in Washington, D.C. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community College Daily and serves as associate vice president of communications for…
Better coaching, bigger gains
A student coaching initiative at Austin Community College (ACC) in Texas, launched in conjunction with the implementation of guided pathways, has led to solid gains in student success. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College…
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Commentary: Federal experiment won’t fix Work-Study Inside Higher Ed Two-year colleges receive only a fraction of what more privileged institutions receive in Federal Work-Study. Inmate-scholars do so well on Pell grants that the U.S. may…
Taking it to the Hill
Community college advocates on Tuesday got a legislative update and pep talk from a handful of House lawmakers before they visited with their congressional representatives in an effort to secure more funding for critical federal…
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Some community colleges eye building dorms as housing solution Gazette Newspapers California’s affordable housing crisis has some community colleges looking to build dormitories. Apartment building now houses homeless students in Washington KOMO News Tacoma Community…
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Homeless in college: Students sleep in cars, on couches when they have nowhere else to go USA Today Kyshawna Johnson, 23, has experienced homelessness while pursuing a degree from California’s Citrus College, but she has…