New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has outlined details of his $50 million proposal to make community college tuition-free for some families. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts – Website
After escaping budget cuts for the first time in nearly a decade, Louisiana’s public college leaders this week asked lawmakers to keep them from the chopping block next year and preserve the financing they say…
California’s San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) has received nearly $100,000 in state grants in support of emergency pantry services at City, Mesa and Miramar Colleges. Each week, SDCCD colleges provides emergency food to hundreds…
Lincoln Land Community College’s (LLCC) foundation will receive annual earnings from an $18 million charitable trust that will benefit the college’s agriculture program. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts…
A Senate bill introduced last week aims to create a state-federal partnership that provides a dollar-for-dollar federal match to state higher education appropriations in exchange for a commitment to help students pay for the full…
In South Carolina, Aiken Technical College’s (ATC) radiation protection technology students have new equipment to prepare them for the workforce thanks to a $5,000 grant from Savannah River Remediation (SRR). The college purchased a stretch…
Congress has agreed to a 2,232-page, Fiscal year 2018 (FY18) omnibus appropriations bill that increases funding for nearly every program of significance to community colleges, many by substantial amounts. Jim HermesJim Hermes is associate vice…
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday emphasized before House appropriators the department’s and administration’s efforts to broaden education and career opportunities through earn-and-learn programs, with a focus on apprenticeships. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by…
A few Florida colleges are getting support for their workforce education programs from the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund. Nearly $23 million was awarded to 11 projects across the state. Tabitha WhissemoreTabitha Whissemore is a…
When Richland College in Texas received a $3.25 million Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant from the U.S. Department of Labor in September 2014, the potential impact on local industry was…