DataPoints
High school projections: While the number of high school graduates is expected to remain relatively stable, the percentage of minorities among them is expected to increase, and the rate of white graduates is predicted to…
Campus Issues
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Colleges rush to protect immigrant students The Hill Colleges and universities are on the front lines of the immigration battle in Washington, pushing the administration and Congress to preserve a program for young people illegally…
Starting here, finishing there
Sixteen percent of students who started at two-year colleges received a degree from a four-year institution within six years — regardless whether they first earned an associate degree, according to a new report. Daily StaffCCDaily…
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Community colleges help train skilled workers for the construction industry KOLO (with video) This past Tuesday, the students in the construction class at Western Nevada College weren’t just getting hands-on training. They were getting both…
CTE and available jobs
Businesses, schools and other stakeholders must do a better job of highlighting job opportunities in career and technical fields, advocates said this week at a House panel hearing. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American…
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WATC breaking enrollment records Wichita Business Journal The upward enrollment trend at Wichita Area Technical College in Kansas is pushing the school to record-breaking totals. Why millions of americans never finish college The Atlantic’s CityLab…
Ark. governor opposes effort to expand campus guns bill
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson opposes an effort backed by the National Rifle Association to remove a training requirement and age restriction from legislation allowing concealed handguns at Arkansas colleges and universities, his office said. Hutchinson…
Jill Biden to chair aid group Save the Children
Dr. Jill Biden, educator and wife of former Vice President Joe Biden, has been named board chair of Save the Children. Biden, who still teaches English to college students, said she was honored to be…
AACC names 2017 Awards of Excellence finalists
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has announced the finalists for its 2017 Awards of Excellence, which recognize exceptional work among the nation’s two-year colleges. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of…
Funding roundup
Florida Tallahassee Community College (TCC) students in healthcare programs will benefit from several recent gifts to the college. A $500,000 gift from the Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) Foundation will support student scholarships. The staff at…