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The Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) this week unveiled a new statewide billboard campaign aimed at the nearly 1.3 million Illinois’ adults who have less than a high school diploma or equivalent and close to…
The Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) this week unveiled a new statewide billboard campaign aimed at the nearly 1.3 million Illinois’ adults who have less than a high school diploma or equivalent and close to…
A growing number of community colleges over the years have started using alternatives to a single, standardized placement test to determine if students can do college-level work. Now a new study supports that such alternative…
An Intro to Business book costs $121, but McHenry County College (MCC) students pay zero for it this fall semester thanks to the Illinois college’s textbook reduction program. Donna Bieschkeis a marketing communications specialist at…
The wind and rain of Hurricane Florence may have subsided but many parts of North and South Carolina now face damaging floods. As a result of rising waters and power lines downed by the storm,…
Community college leaders would be hard pressed to find a federal statute that has had such a tremendous impact, yet is as widely misunderstood — even reviled — as Title IX of the Education Amendments…
Approximately 1,100 U.S. college students commit suicide each year. During September, many colleges are recognizing Suicide Prevention Awareness Month by sharing resources and stories in an effort to break the stigma that surrounds mental health….
Congressional negotiators have approved the final version of the fiscal year (FY) 2019 Labor, HHS and Education (LHHS) appropriations bill, and the news is mostly good for community colleges. Jim HermesJim Hermes is associate vice…
A federal court has ruled that it was “arbitrary and capricious” for U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to delay an Obama-era rule meant to protect students swindled by for-profit colleges. The decision is a significant…
U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Christopher Lynn, RN, BSN, MBA, CCRN, CEN, has a lot of initials behind his name that help to tell his remarkable story and how he came to be serving on the…
A second chance through Pell: Last fall, a federal pilot program provided nearly 5,000 incarcerated individuals with Pell grants so that they could enroll in postsecondary education prior to their release from prison. (Read the…