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Overhaul of state college system advances in state Senate Sun Sentinel A plan to create a statewide board to oversee Florida’s state and community colleges advanced this week, while college presidents raised objections to a…
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DeVos: Stop ‘forcing’ four-year degrees as only pathway to success Education Week At the first meeting of the White House Task Force on Apprenticeship Expansion, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said that the country needs…
Colleges battle FAFSA obstacles
If it wasn’t for federal financial aid, huge numbers of students would be shut out of college, yet it’s a continuing struggle for community colleges to persuade prospective students eligible for aid to fill out…
Promise for apprenticeships?
A former U.S. education undersecretary who now heads the College Promise Campaign says Promise partnerships should consider serving students in apprenticeships and dual-enrollment programs. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community College Daily and serves as associate…
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California promises free community college tuition Sacramento Bee Community college officials wonder how the state will pay for a recently enacted California Promise Grant program that waives the tuition for all first-time, full time community…
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Pathway to the presidency: More than 40 percent of current community college CEOs came up through the academic ranks. (Read full PDF.) AACC StaffMore Posts – Website
Fewer new international students
An annual report on international students shows a nearly 10 percent drop in foreign students who attended U.S. community colleges in the 2016-17 academic year, and that rate may double for the current school year….
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Seven years later, California college program helping to fix transfer process 89.3-KPCC (with audio) To make the degree program happen, faculty groups in each system had to agree on each other’s list of classes for…
Washington Watch: Senate tax bill better, but concerns remain
A tax reform plan released Thursday by Senate Republicans omits several of the provisions contained in its House counterpart that would affect students’ ability to afford college. Jim HermesJim Hermes is associate vice president of…
Celebrating our nation’s veterans
Military veterans often turn to their local community colleges for myriad reasons: to upgrade their workforce skills, attain new ones, earn an associate degree and earn credits for prior learning, among others. In fact, veterans…