Funding roundup
In Maryland, Hagerstown Community College (HCC) radiography students will benefit from a recent donation of a surgical C-arm machine from the Meritus Medical Center. “The radiography students will now be able to practice using the…
Funding
Two major gifts aim to help students on both ends
Gifts to community colleges of $1 million or more are more common than they used to be, but still they don’t happen often. And gifts of more than $5 million, well, that’s big news. The…
N.M. Supreme Court to hear state budget dispute
The New Mexico Supreme Court has agreed to hear a lawsuit by the state legislature that accuses Republican Gov. Susana Martinez of overstepping her authority by vetoing funding to the state legislature and all state…
Ohio colleges collaborate for student success
NEW ORLEANS – With state funding for community colleges in Ohio entirely based on performance, one would expect the colleges to be fiercely competitive with one another. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More…
Funding roundup
Fourteen California community colleges have been recognized for their work in reducing students’ time to degree completion and their cost to attend college. The colleges received a total of $25 million in grants from the…
Honoring exceptional colleges
NEW ORLEANS — “Make big change.” Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts – Website
La. senators refuse to make TOPS grads stay or repay
College students who receive tuition payments through the state’s TOPS program won’t face new residency or repayment requirements for their awards. State senators Thursday rejected a proposal that would have mandated TOPS students live in…
Will free college offer catch fire? N.Y. details raise doubts
Will New York’s first-in-the-nation free tuition program for middle-class college students spread to other states? Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.More Posts
20 colleges join California Guided Pathways Project
Twenty community colleges will participate in the California Guided Pathways Project, an effort to increase college completion that is modeled after the American Association of Community Colleges’ (AACC) Pathways Project. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by…
Tenn. House passes bill focused on free community college for adults
The Tennessee House on Thursday passed a bill to enable older adults without a college degree or certificate to attend community college free of charge. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This…