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Free textbooks? It could soon be a reality at California’s community colleges North Coast Journal One idea under consideration by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office is to fund community colleges to produce their own…
Campus Issues
DataPoints: Women CEOs at community colleges
Well over one-third (36.6%) of community college presidents are women. This is significantly higher than the 30% overall rate of women CEOs reported in the 2017 American College President Survey from the American Council on…
The future of online education: Invest in your adjuncts
Picture it: a college basement adjunct lounge, 2017. In four years, I never saw anyone be able to print anything from the printer. There was a random toy castle on one of the shelves —…
Momentum behind short-term Pell
The drumbeat to extend Pell Grant eligibility to quality, short-term workforce development programs continues to grow louder. On Friday, Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Virginia), the ranking member (and former chair) of the House Education and the…
Delgado moves students from applied to enrolled through student outreach program
Sponsored content Delgado Community College is a public community college with campuses throughout the New Orleans, Louisiana metropolitan area. Delgado serves more than 15,000 students with degrees and training focused on today’s in-demand jobs to…
Holding two truths: ‘Thickening’ the narrative on community college students
In narrative therapy, a technique that asks clients to examine the stories they tell themselves, “thin” and “thick” are used to help users seek out more complicated, subtle and meaningful stories. The time is now…
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Free community college was slashed from Build Back Better. The White House is asking to fund it again Market Watch In the debate surrounding student loan forgiveness, one of the top issues raised by both…
Community colleges need to rediscover their roots
The challenges of the past few years have pushed America’s community colleges across the country to the brink, with bleak enrollment figures, strained finances and new questions about how these institutions should retool themselves to…
Washington Watch: Another big Biden budget for community colleges
President Joe Biden is pitching for a 13.6% increase in funding for the U.S. Education Department and an 11% boost for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), continuing the administration’s series of generous requests for…
AACC statement on the president’s proposed budget
President Biden’s budget proposal showcases his commitment to the nation’s community colleges and the millions of students they serve. By significantly increasing the funding to programs and services aimed directly at supporting community college student…