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Education Department heeds calls to delay gainful reporting deadline Inside Higher Ed Colleges had asked for a later date, citing the administrative workload stemming from the bungled launch of the new FAFSA. They’ll now have…
Campus Issues
Expanding affordable housing options for students
Lack of affordable housing is a barrier for many in America and has left many community college students facing homelessness. More than a quarter (26.6%) of all public community colleges have on-campus housing. And in…
Community colleges: A public good
The Chronicle of Higher Education released in July 2023 a publication entitled “College as a Public Good: Making the case through community engagement.” In it were sections devoted to topics such as colleges as stewards…
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Colorado’s proposed state budget would boost funding for higher education Colorado Public Radio Next year’s $40.6 billion Colorado state budget proposal aims to provide a boost to K-12 schools and colleges and universities across the…
New facility will transform healthcare worker training
The healthcare worker crisis is a challenge facing almost every community in the United States. Berks County, Pennsylvania, is certainly no exception. As the largest higher educational institution in the county, Reading Area Community College…
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Iowa community college funding could be set by school leaders under proposed changes Des Moines Register Changes to community college funding under consideration by Iowa lawmakers would allow school leaders to agree on their own…
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TCC to become Tallahassee State College after DeSantis OKs name change Tallahassee Democrat Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed the state legislation that will allow Tallahassee Community College to be renamed Tallahassee State College….
Focused on our 2024 Outstanding Alumni
Each year, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) honors community college alumni who have gone on to do amazing things. This year, the association will recognize three people who are dedicated to serving their…
Biotech program grows with MentorLinks
Participating in MentorLinks helped Misty Wehling and her colleagues at Southeast Community College (SCC) in Nebraska build stackable credentials for a biotechnology degree program. In the process of winning approval for the program with the…
Embracing neurodiversity on campus
Two-year colleges have been stepping up their efforts in recent years to support neurodiverse students, a population that includes those on the autism spectrum as well as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)….