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CEOs Margaret Hamilton will serve as the seventh president of Lane Community College in Oregon, effective July 1. She is currently vice president for academic affairs, institutional effectiveness and planning at Camden County College in…
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Wisc. governor proposes tech college tuition freeze Madison.com College students would receive more need-based financial aid and those attending technical schools would have their tuition frozen under provisions announced in Gov. Scott Walker’s executive budget….
Conn. bill focuses on transfer of college credit
Connecticut lawmakers are considering legislation that would ensure that community college students can take their credits with them no matter which public university they choose. The bill comes after the release of a study last…
Free tuition? Not the same as free college, students say
They don’t mean to sound ungrateful, but … New York public college students who would stand to gain from the nation’s most ambitious free-tuition proposal are quick to point out a sobering reality from their…
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San Francisco offers free community college to residents KRON4.com A deal announced by Supervisor Jane Kim and Mayor Ed Lee will make San Francisco the first city in the nation to make community college free…
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A faster pace of learning Havasu News Mohave Community College in Arizona has adopted competency-based education for students pursuing a degree in substance abuse counseling, allowing students to complete their courses faster through self-paced, individualized…
Dissecting data on degree earners
The number of students earning their first undergraduate degree — both associate and bachelor’s degrees — in 2015-16 declined by 1.4 percent from the previous year, according to a new report from the National Student…
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Community colleges: Is drug testing part of job training? Andalusia Star-News Acting Alabama Community College President Jimmy Baker said at a hearing that the community college system is exploring drug testing for students who are…
Teaching without textbooks
Elizabeth Johnston teaches English at New York’s Monroe Community College (MCC); Tori Matthews teaches biology. While the courses they teach are very different, Johnston and Matthews are passionate about the same subject: textbook cost. College…
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Ky. college gets $15M from state for manufacturing center WDRB Jefferson Community & Technical College will get $15.2 million in state funding to cover about half the cost of a planned downtown instructional building for…