Funding roundup
In Kentucky, Big Sandy Community and Technical College (BSCTC) met its youngest donor in school history. Eight-month-old Laila Rani Slone Varia joined her family to make a $15,101 donation to the East Kentucky Science Center…
Campus Issues
States debate tuition break for students in U.S. illegally
Twenty states already offer cheaper in-state college tuition to students who are in the United States illegally. Legislation making its way through the Tennessee legislature would make that state the 21st. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The…
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Girl gets 3-D printed hand from lab at Michigan college MLive.com It’s easy to see why students and faculty in Washtenaw Community College’s industrial technology program have grown fond of 8-year-old Lucy Winkler. New York’s…
‘Accelerating Opportunity’ for more students
In 2012, West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) joined Accelerating Opportunity Kentucky (AOKY), which allows students working toward their GED at local adult education centers to also begin college classes. Megan Dotson, David Heflin…
New York makes tuition free, but students must stay after college
There’s a big string attached to New York’s free middle-class college tuition initiative: Students must stay in the state after graduation or else pay back the benefit. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights…
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Celebrating Community College Month AACC 21st Century Center April is Community College Month. Here are ways to make the most of it. Commentary: Many community college students say schools aren’t giving them the help they…
The next generation of STEM innovators
What do the digital fabrication of a house to help alleviate homelessness and using viruses to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria have in common? They are among the projects that 10 selected community college teams will continue…
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South Carolina college presidents at odds with governor over bond bill veto threat The State Ten South Carolina college presidents and the director of the South Carolina Technical College System have signed a letter urging…
Texas lawmakers might let community colleges offer bachelor’s degrees
In Texas, community college has long been a popular place to start working toward a bachelor’s degree. Soon, it may become a place to finish one, too. Matthew Watkins / Texas Tribunewrites about higher education…
New York to make state college tuition free for middle class
New York will be the first state to make tuition at public colleges and universities free for middle-class students under a state budget approved by lawmakers Sunday. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights…