Partnerships drive auto tech training
As vehicles get more technologically advanced, educating automotive technicians can become trickier. AACC StaffMore Posts – Website
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Tri-C students in beginning algebra course are helping researchers study math test anxiety Plain Dealer A massive research project involving math students from the Western campus of Cuyahoga Community College in Ohio seeks to help…
DeVos may only partly forgive some student loans
The U.S. Education Department (ED) is considering only partially forgiving federal loans for students defrauded by for-profit colleges, according to department officials, abandoning the Obama administration’s policy of erasing that debt. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The…
Funding roundup
Massachusetts’ Mount Wachusett Community College has received a $1.4 million grant to prepare high school students for college programs that lead to careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The Upward Bound Math and…
A smoother transfer path for computer science
Community colleges are key to increasing diversity in technology, yet transfer rates in computer science (CS) tend to lag compared to other programs. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts – Website
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Colleges revamp the help desk to streamline the customer service experience EdTech Magazine: Focus on Higher Education At Milwaukee Area Technical College, technology solutions enable the help desk team to be proactive in resolving problems….
The power of good mentors
As she shared the promising results of her biomaterials research, Jin Kim Montclare dazzled her audience at the 2017 Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Principal Investigators Conference with stories about the educators who mentored her and…
Access to success for former foster care community college students
Can you imagine moving from one stranger’s home to another stranger’s home throughout most of your adolescent years? What about transferring to three or more different schools in one academic year multiple times? Ralph Murphy…
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Cayuga Community College to work with local agencies on Start-Up New York program Auburn Citizen The start-up program, created in 2013, allows expanding businesses or businesses new to the state to operate tax-tree for 10…
College Promise programs continue to grow
The College Promise movement — which focuses on providing a free community college education to qualifying students — continues to gain traction, according to an annual update from the two-year-old College Promise Campaign. Daily StaffCCDaily…