Funding roundup
In Virginia, Lord Fairfax Community College’s Hazel Hall Building project got a boost with a $250,000 gift from Joel and Patricia Barkman and their family. Joel Barkman is the founder of Golden Rule Builders. Hazel…
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GOP lawmakers reject Walker’s tech college tuition freeze Wisconsin Public Radio News (with audio) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker called for a two-year tuition freeze at the Wisconsin Technical College System. He also proposed increasing state…
The rise of dual enrollment
There are more high school students taking courses for credit from Tompkins Cortland Community College (TCCC) in upstate New York than there are students at the college itself. Dennis PierceDennis Pierce is an education writer…
Conn. colleges could face campus closures
The Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) leader is warning that campuses may close if the system’s budget is cut to the degree suggested by the governor and state lawmakers. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by…
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New York college offers 90 percent off tuition for locals Associated Press Students in upstate New York now have the opportunity to take part in a college deal — 90 percent off tuition for attending…
Boosting the purchasing power of the Pell
A bill introduced this week by Senate and House Democrats would cover a lot of ground in expanding Pell grants, from shifting to mandatory funding for the program and indexing grant increases to inflation, to…
Perkins bill moves toward House vote
The House Education and the Workforce Committee on Wednesday passed by voice vote a bill to revamp the Perkins Act, which is a key source of federal funding for many community colleges’ workforce development programs….
R.I. governor willing to scale back free-tuition plan
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo said this week that she might have to scale back her plan to provide two years of free tuition at public colleges. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights…
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Texas college’s Pathways program to help students focus on graduation, career options Waco Tribune-Herald The program was born out of American Association of Community Colleges research indicating students sometimes take unnatural routes to degrees or…
Ditch the ‘T’ word
Virginia Foxx is on a personal quest to nix the “T” word, as in “training.” Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community College Daily and serves as associate vice president of communications for the American Association of…