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Commentary: Revised data shows community colleges have been underappreciated New York Times New data suggest that some community colleges are doing a much better job of preparing students for future success than they’ve gotten credit…
Campus Issues
How to ace the transfer to a 4-year college
Transferring from community college to a university should be as simple as basic math: Two years at the first school plus two years at the second equals a bachelor’s degree. But the equation is often…
Technology keeps ATE participants connected
For years, Dan Horine, an automated manufacturing instructor at Virginia Western Community College, has searched for more affordable equipment to teach mechatronics in high schools. Madeline PattonMadeline Patton is an education writer based in Ohio.More…
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St. Louis Community College considers cuts, including up to 70 faculty members STLtoday.com Significant drops in enrollment and state funding are prompting St. Louis Community College to look at cost-cutting options, including reducing its full-time…
Appeals court rules against immigrants over in-state tuition
Immigrants who have been granted temporary status to stay in the U.S. will have to keep paying out-of-state tuition after an appeals court ruled against them, saying state colleges and universities in Georgia aren’t required…
Newsmakers
Retirements Guy Altieri, president of Hagerstown Community College (HCC) in Maryland, has announced his retirement after a more than 45-year career in higher education, effective December 31. Altieri came to HCC in 2002 from Washtenaw…
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…