Understanding the Internet of Things
In managing the wide-area networks for 13 colleges in northeast Texas, Mickey Slimp has seen campus network usage rise sharply in recent years — and the biggest spike is yet to come. Dennis PierceDennis Pierce…
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Advocating for community colleges nationwide
Editor’s note: This article concludes a two-part feature on community college CEOs who were recently elected to served on the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) board of directors. For Vicki Karolewics, president of Wallace…
Funding roundup
Wisconsin Madison College has announced $10 million in contributions from the Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Foundation and $1.3 million from the American Family Insurance Dreams Foundation to cover costs associated with the first…
Funding roundup
Miami Dade College (MDC) and Florida International University (FIU) will share in a $1 million gift from the Braman Family Foundation. The funds will be used for 1,000 student scholarships — 500 at MDC, 500…
DataPoints
Trends in Pell spending: Total Pell Grant spending, as well as spending at two-year institutions, has gradually declined since its high point in 2011-12, but it remains well above when the recent recession started in…
Flint scholarship plan gets $2M from Pistons owner, utility
Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores and a major Michigan utility’s foundation each have committed $1 million to cover college tuition for Flint high school graduates in the wake of the city’s water crisis. Associated PressCopyright…
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California’s Rio Hondo College is collaborating with Central Oregon Community College on a $778,000, three-year National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education grant project. The goal is to develop a safety certification program for technicians…
Veterans get expanded college assistance under Trump
Military veterans are getting unlimited access to college assistance under legislation President Donald Trump has signed into law. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten…
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The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) is the first community college to receive a grant through the Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative (MEI). The college received $500,000 to support its Entrepreneur and Innovation Institute (EII). CSM will…
Acosta calls for national apprenticeship programs
Apprenticeship programs jointly developed by community colleges and businesses – and scaled up on a nationwide basis – could go a long way toward closing the nation’s skills gap, according to U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander…