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With a manufacturing boom under way, officials look for space to prepare South Carolina workers Charleston Post Courier The sheer number of workers needing training — not just for Mercedes-Benz Vans and Volvo, but for…
Campus Issues
D.C. experiments with providing schooling for adults
A high school dropout, Nicole Dickey adds fractions in math class at a charter school for adults, hoping to earn her high school credentials and find a good paying office job. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The…
The four-year itch
When Ohio in late June became the latest state to let community colleges award four-year degrees, Clark State Community College President Jo Alice Blondin was ecstatic. Dennis PierceDennis Pierce is an education writer based in…
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South Carolina congressman wants low-income students to pay back Pell Grants if they don’t graduate college Charleston Post Courier A South Carolina Republican has called the Pell for Performance Act, introduced in the U.S. House…
Funding roundup
Ozarks Technical Community College’s (OTC) Veterans Day ceremony was extra special this year. The Missouri college announced it has received a $1.3 million U.S. Department of Education Veterans Upward Bound grant to help veterans access…
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Technical College of the Lowcountry expands with welding, CDL initiatives Bluffton Today “We need to understand just how important technical colleges are to workforce development and industrial and business recruitment, said GOP State Sen. Tom…
How freedom of speech became the topic on campuses
It seems that every time you turn on your television or access the top news stories online you see a gathering of college students on campuses across the nation. Sometimes peaceful but often not, these…
Newsmakers
New CEO Roger Ramsammy has been named the seventh president of Hudson Valley Community College in New York. Ramsammy has more than 30 years of higher education experience, including academic and administrative leadership positions at…
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Task force weighs TOPS changes, but political and financial hurdles loom The Advocate Converting Louisiana’s TOPS to a stipend, and no longer linking it to college tuition, is being touted by state Sen. Blade Morrish….
Earning for prior learning
The concept that “time is money” applies to the life outlook of community college students as much as anyone. Their success in completing a degree or certificate is often an equation that weighs their financial…