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Commentary: Look to community colleges for diverse tech-industry talent Seattle Times Seattle’s technology industry has a diversity problem, writes Sheila Edwards Lange, president of Seattle Central College. Filling adjunct teaching jobs in math, science now…


Twin focus on making and keeping Miss. college grads

It’s not a new pitch, but Higher Education Commissioner Glenn Boyce is making it again — Mississippi needs to get more educated in a hurry. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This…


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How the GOP tax bill would affect community colleges NPR (with audio) The tax overhaul making its way though Congress includes some provisions that worry Jose Adames, president of El Centro College, a community college…


Okla. panel OKs merger of college governing boards

A higher education task force has approved a plan to move seven of Oklahoma’s community colleges under the authority of larger governing boards. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not…


Newsmakers

New CEOs Marty Cavalluzzi will serve as the next president of Olympic College in Washington beginning in early 2018 and pending contract negotiations. He is currently president of Pierce College Puyallup, which he has led…


A day in the life of basic law enforcement training

For the last three days, law enforcement cadets at Durham Technical Community College in North Carolina have studied the art of criminal investigations. Now, it’s time for their own mock crime scene. Marcy Wynnis the…


Funding roundup

In Illinois, students and instructors involved in Highland Community College’s agriculture program were on hand to receive $5,000 from Vita Plus Corporation. The donation will support the dairy judging program and the purchase of feed…


Workforce endeavors for 2018

CCDaily chats with Jennifer Worth, senior vice president for workforce and economic development at the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), about what community colleges can expect next year regarding workforce issues from federal government…


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OTC requests tax hike to build training center for high-paying technical jobs Springfield News-Leader (with video) To establish the Center for Excellence for Advanced Manufacturing and Technology — and significantly expand technical and allied health…


DataPoints

Based on performance: More than half of states allocate funds to their public two-year colleges based on the institutions’ performance. (Read full PDF.) AACC StaffMore Posts – Website