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Community College System Sets New Graduate Record

VERSAILLES, Ky. — The Kentucky Community and Technical College System says it has set a new high mark of graduates and credentials awarded. For the 2016-17 academic year, 16,146 students graduated from the college system. That’s a nine percent increase over the previous year. The previous high was 15,958 in 2013-14. The college system says […]

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Maine Community College Tuition Frozen for Upcoming Year

PORTLAND, Maine — Tuition is being frozen at Maine’s seven community colleges for the coming academic year. Officials say the tuition freeze was made possible by an increase in state appropriations requested by trustees of the Maine Community College System. System President Derek Langhauser says Maine’s community colleges already have the lowest tuition in New […]

Community Colleges

Rhode Island Joins Free Community College Movement

The national “college promise” movement took another step forward last week when Rhode Island announced that it would make two years of community college free for state residents.

Leadership & Policy

Santa Fe Community College President to Retire

SANTA FE, N.M. — Santa Fe Community College President Randy Grissom has announced he will retire. Grissom said Wednesday he will step down from his position October 31. The 68-year-old has led the college as president since 2013. Under Grissom’s leadership, the college has nearly doubled its graduation rate and forged a number of partnerships […]

Faculty & Staff

Trinity College Loses Donors, Students After Professor’s Posts

HARTFORD, Conn. — The president of a private Connecticut college says several incoming students have withdrawn and about $200,000 in donations has been lost over a Black professor’s social media posts about White supremacy. Trinity College president Joanne Berger-Sweeney said Monday that 16 incoming students and some past donors cited the scandal involving sociology professor […]

Faculty & Staff

Tennessee Community College Cuts 28 Employees

BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee community college has laid off 28 employees – one of many measures it’s taking to balance the budget. Local news outlets report that Northeast State Community College announced on Monday the elimination of 28 non-faculty, full-time employee positions as part of a plan to balance the upcoming school year’s budget. […]

Leadership & Policy

2 Arkansas Community Colleges Merge

FORREST CITY, Ark. — A technical institute in eastern Arkansas has merged with a neighboring community college. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board voted Monday in favor of merging Crowley’s Ridge Technical Institute and East Arkansas Community College. The Forrest City schools have operated independently alongside each other for decades. Higher […]

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Apprenticeship Programs Gaining Momentum

President Donald J. Trump and Congress are looking to expand apprenticeship opportunities, lauding the workforce development strategy for giving students a way to make money and affordably educate themselves for bigger and better things.

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2 Ohio Schools Utilize Transfer Partnership to Help Students Step Up

This past fall, the University of Dayton and Sinclair Community College welcomed the first cohort of six students to the UD Sinclair Academy, a new joint venture intended to bridge the distance between the two schools.

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Recently Retired President Simpson Forever Open to Change

At a time when community colleges are more important than ever in providing access to higher education, Dr. Bob Simpson of Cypress College feels great satisfaction in facilitating the process and strengthening the available content.

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Chicago Nonprofit Provides Support to Illinois College Students

One Million Degrees is a Chicago-based foundation that provides support to nearly 700 students enrolled in the seven City Colleges of Chicago, College of Lake County, Harper College, Prairie State College and South Suburban College.

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Students With Disabilities: We Want Our Fair Chance at College

Students with disabilities deserve access to higher education to achieve their dreams and goals like everyone else. That is the message several panelists delivered Thursday at a session on the Improving Access to Higher Education Act.

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