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Report: Dropout rates remain high at Tenn. colleges

A report by an education advocacy group has found that enrollment and retention have increased at Tennessee community colleges, but dropout rates remain alarmingly high, especially among poor and minority students. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The…


Conn. approves merger of community college administrations

Connecticut is moving ahead with a plan to combine its 12 community colleges into one school with 12 campuses. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast,…


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Germanna Community College awards 771 degrees and certificates at fall commencement Culpepper Star-Exponent At Germanna Community College’s fall commencement ceremony Thursday, Cynthia Tyler told her peers about her journey from stay-at-home mom to a graduate…


Never forgetting her passion

Kneedra Bell grew up watching TV’s original food personality, Julia Child, explain the finer points of cooking and saw herself in the down-to-earth, sometimes mistake-prone host of “The French Chef.” Danny Barrett, Jr.is a public…


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Community colleges are lowering the cost of education New Jersey Monthly Community colleges are positioned as an antidote to the staggering costs of most four-year schools. Here’s how they fill this growing need. City finalizes…


Completion after six years at 38%

Almost 38 percent of students who began at a public two-year institution completed a degree in six years, according to a new study by the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Research Center that tracked a cohort…


At least a bachelor’s for all nursing jobs? Not so fast

The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is pushing back on efforts by an association representing nursing colleges to make baccalaureates the entry-level degree for nursing jobs. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association…


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Faculty speak out against community college consolidation plan Hartford Courant With the Board of Regents for Higher Education poised to vote Thursday on a cost-saving plan to consolidate the state’s 12 community colleges, some faculty…


ED urged to resume loan cancellations

A government watchdog is urging the U.S. Education Department (ED) to resume the process of forgiving student loans for tens of thousands Americans who were defrauded by for-profit colleges. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press….


House HEA markup draws partisan lines

The House Education and the Workforce Committee on Tuesday began to mark up its bill to revamp the Higher Education Act, which kicked off with a partisan yet cordial tone. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community…