Campus Issues

Support for CTE despite proposed cuts

During a House education appropriations subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos lauded the importance of career and technical education (CTE) in helping to prepare students and workers for available jobs. Daily StaffCCDaily…


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Erie Community Foundation backs plan for community college YourErie (with video) New York’s Erie Community Foundation backs a plan for a community college and provides funds to create tax-free sustainability. Apple extend programming education program…


Gender disparities among student debt

Women on average take on greater student loans than men do and have a harder time repaying those loans due to the gender pay gap, according to a new report from the American Association of…


Downward enrollment trend continues

Enrollments at community colleges continue to slide, but the pace of the decrease has also slowed down, according to the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Research Center. CCDailyThe CCDaily is published by the American Association of…


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Commentary: What community colleges do that universities don’t TIME Beyond creating clear academic pathways for students, setting learning goals and measuring progress, increasing access and support for minority and low-income students, and building a culture…


Newsmakers

New CEOs Jay Allen will become the seventh president of Itawamba Community College (Mississippi) on July 1. He is currently president of Hopkinsville Community College in Kentucky. Before he came Hopkinsville in 2014, Allen served…


A time to celebrate students’ success

Community colleges across the country are celebrating their graduates this spring. For many students, getting to graduation didn’t come easy, which makes the pomp and circumstance of the commencement ceremony all the sweeter. Tabitha WhissemoreTabitha…


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Grant program could lead to tuition-free 2-year colleges in Montana The Missoulian The idea would be for the funding — donors would receive tax breaks — to either cover the cost of the remaining tuition bill for…


DOL’s Acosta wants more apprenticeships

U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta on Friday made public-private apprenticeships his debut issue as President Trump’s point man on matching American workers with specific jobs. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This…


The passing of a community college visionary

Dale Parnell, who led the American Association of Community Colleges through the 1980s and championed the need to help all students transition better from high school to college and on to careers, passed away April…