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Despite Trump’s pulling out of Paris Agreement, Western Technical College is all in on the environment La Crosse Tribune Lee Rasch is no stranger to the fight against climate change. The Western Technical College president…
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IBM, community colleges partnering to train tech workers Fortune IBM is expanding its community college partnerships in an effort to train more workers for what the company describes as “new collar jobs.” These are skilled…
Emphasis on apprenticeships
Apprenticeships continue to be a focus for the Trump administration as an important option to provide skills training for available U.S. jobs. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts -…
Year-round Pell starts with 2017-18 award year
Under the terms of the law that reinstated it, the Year-round Pell Grant (YPG) program will start with the 2017-18 award year, which begins July 1. Students cannot receive an extra Pell award for the…
DeVos grilled again over budget plan
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos faced another tough volley of questions over the president’s proposed education budget for the coming fiscal year. And again the criticism came from both Democrats and Republicans, this time from…
Funding roundup
Arizona’s Pima Community College (PCC) and the University of Arizona will receive more than $1.3 million in grants for five years to fund Upward Bound programs at the two institutions. The funding will help to provide,…
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At Cal State, algebra is a civil rights issue EdSource California State University is finalizing new system-wide math policies as part of an initiative to increase graduation rates and address equity gaps. But a recent…
Supreme Court won’t hear Mo. college drug-testing case
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a Missouri technical college’s challenge of a ruling that its mandatory drug-testing policy is unconstitutional when applied to all students. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All…
Simplifying the process to transfer earned credits
In Connecticut, an initiative to help college students transfer earned credits between community colleges and public four-year institutions passed the House of Representatives last week. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community…
Trump to push for infrastructure overhaul
President Donald Trump is launching a major push for a $1 trillion overhaul of the nation’s roads and bridges, a key item on his agenda that’s been stymied in Congress and overshadowed by White House…