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Community colleges offer more as students decrease Detroit Free Press At three metro Detroit community colleges — Henry Ford, Macomb and Oakland — leadership changes are either underway or will be happening soon. ‘New collar’:…
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Sexual orientation and mental health services
College students who belong to sexual minority groups are more likely to seek help for mental health problems than their straight peers, but they still face many barriers to using on-campus mental health services, according…
Funding roundup
Maryland Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) and Johns Hopkins University (JHU) are collaborating on humanities curriculum and pedagogy. They received a combined $1.7 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The plan is to…
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Community colleges filling STEM pipeline U.S. News & World Report Community colleges are playing an increasingly important role in providing students the science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, skills they need for the thousands…
GOP lawmaker alters Wisc. free speech proposal
A Republican lawmaker wants to alter a contentious bill designed to clamp down on campus protesters by spelling out the behaviors that disrupt free speech and could lead to suspensions and expulsions. Associated PressCopyright 2018…
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Commentary: Closing Connecticut community colleges wrongheaded Hartford Courant Let community colleges continue to serve you the way we have for many years — by giving you and the folks you love a safe and affordable…
Ducey vetoes student press rights bill
Student press advocates have criticized Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey for vetoing legislation they say would have shown that Arizona supports the rights of student journalists who investigate shortcomings at their schools. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The…
On the pathway to (law) success
Santa Monica College (SMC) is celebrating the graduation of the first students in its Law Pathway Program, which prepares traditionally underrepresented students to become competitive applicants to law school. Grace SmithGrace Smith is director of…
Governors support CTE, job-training funding
The National Governors Association (NGA) doesn’t often wade into debates over federal appropriations, especially over specific programs. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts – Website
Forging ahead on training
Community colleges always have played an integral role in training workers for infrastructure- and transportation-related fields like truck driving, construction, welding and electrical work. Ed FinkelEd Finkel is an education writer based in Illinois.More Posts