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More single moms are also college students

More single mothers are attending college, with most of them going to community college, according to a report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR). Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of…


N.M. mulls spending on dual enrollment

New Mexico officials are reconsidering whether increasingly popular college-level classes taken by high school students warrant growing public subsidies. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast,…


Four-year itch

When Ohio in late June became the latest state to let community colleges award four-year degrees, Clark State Community College President Jo Alice Blondin was ecstatic. Dennis PierceDennis Pierce is an education writer based in…


Serving as president during tumultuous times

The community college presidency represents an amazing opportunity to make a tremendous difference and impact in the community that the college serves. Kathleen Plinskeis campus president of the Osceola, Lake Nona and Poincinana campuses at…


N.Y. campuses to help establish village in Haiti

Ten campuses in New York’s public university system — including Nassau Community College (NCC) — are part of a project to establish a sustainable village and learning community in Haiti. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by…


Community college default rate drops again

The student loan default rate for community colleges continues to drop, according to new federal data. Minus foreign institutions, public two-year colleges are the only higher education sector that didn’t see an increase in the…



Dual enrollment yields promising results

Nearly half of dual-enrollment students who first went to a community college earned a postsecondary credential five years after high school, according to a new report. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of…


Lumina’s ‘Talent Hubs’ focus on collaboration

Lumina Foundation is investing nearly $6 million in a new effort to better leverage community collaboration in preparing high school students to go to college and earn a credential — with community colleges playing an…


Social media for college presidents

By now, your marketing and communication teams have almost surely embraced social media as the spear-point of low-cost, high-touch targeted outreach to potential students. What’s more, cultivating an online community of students and college staff…