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Cochran plays key role in return of year-round Pell grant program Daily Corinthian (subscription) There has been bipartisan support for reinstatement of year-round Pell grants since they were eliminated, but until now the stars had…
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New CEOs Jan Yoshiwara will serve as executive director of the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, effective next month. She currently is deputy executive director for education at the state board, where…
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Tuition-free community college to become the norm in Tennessee USA Today Tennessee will become the first state in the nation to offer tuition-free community college to nearly every resident without a degree. Commentary: Community colleges…
Bill to shield student journalists heads to governor
Arizona lawmakers this week sent legislation to Gov. Doug Ducey that would shield high school and college level journalists across the state from administrative censorship for work under their school-sponsored media. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The…
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Raising grad rates at Indiana’s two-year colleges U.S. News & World Report Indiana has the lowest graduation rate in the U.S., but national experts and the state’s largest community college know how to fix it….
Prepped for opportunities in the smallest of worlds
Butler County Community College (BC3) sophomore Ross Black has his sights set on that which the naked eye can’t see, matter 100,000 times thinner than the width of a human hair. Bill Foleyis interim communications…
Public has positive opinion of community colleges
Americans appear to have a strong positive view of community colleges in regards to their importance to the workforce, value and ability to prepare students for success, according to a new survey that New America…
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Commentary: Bringing higher education regulation into the 21st Century Deseret News As the federal government has steadily ramped up its financial support for higher education benefits, it has continued to outsource the vetting of higher…
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Using their benefits: About seven out of 10 student veterans using Post 9/11 GI benefits completed or were progressing in their programs between August 2009 and December 2013. (Read full PDF.) AACC StaffMore Posts -…
Leadership in the spotlight
I am the president of Last Chance U. Really. Thomas M. Huebner, Jr.is president of East Mississippi Community College.More Posts