Try and try and try again
During a House hearing Wednesday on college costs, it was the testimony of a community college graduate who summed up the challenges that many two-year college students face, as well as the college services available…
Funding
Washington Watch: President’s budget kicks appropriations process up a notch
With the release of most of its fiscal year 2020 budget, the Trump administration has put forth its spending and policy priorities, which Congress will now consider as it deliberates federal spending for the coming…
Risk-sharing, apprenticeships in the president’s budget
While The Trump administration’s 2020 budget proposal calls for deep cuts to discretionary spending overall, for postsecondary education it would continue to focus on efforts to improve career preparation, especially on the career and technical…
Funding roundup
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper visited Rowan-Cabarrus Community College recently to announce grants totaling $1.5 million to six partnerships across the state. The grants come from the NCWorks Local Innovation Fund, established by Cooper last…
Funding roundup
In Pennsylvania, Northampton Community College (NCC) this week received a $5,000 donation from Just Born Quality Confections — maker of marshmellow Peeps and other candies — toward the college’s endowed Promise scholarships. The company delivered the…
Murray wants more investments in community colleges
The top Democrat on the Senate education committee would like to see more investments in community colleges and other institutions that historically serve students who have been underrepresented in higher education. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits…
Stronger bonds and new services
Over three intense days during Mentor-Connect’s 2019 Technical Assistance and Grant Writing Workshop, faculty, administrators and grant writers on teams from 22 community colleges began as strangers — sometimes people from the same campus who…
New round of House HEA hearings
Leaders of the House Education and Labor Committee on Thursday announced plans to hold five hearings to officially kick off efforts to reauthorize the Higher Education Act. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community College Daily and…
Funding roundup
Lakeland Community College’s biotechnology science program got a boost with an $80,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Higher Education. The funds will support 16 biotechnology science students for the 2019-2020 academic year. The Choose…
Tuition and tax reform in Texas
The community colleges that educate about half the state’s higher education students are warning of possible tuition hikes if the Texas legislature enacts its sweeping property tax proposal. Shannon Najmabadi / The Texas TribuneThe Texas…