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Wake Tech Graduates Have New Opportunity To Transfer To WGU North Carolina

Wake Technical Community College has forged a new partnership with WGU North Carolina, an affiliate of Western Governors University, that eases the transition for Wake Tech graduates to pursue bachelor’s degrees offered by WGU. In addition to a seamless transfer opportunity, the Memorandum of Understanding provides tuition discounts and access to scholarship fund. “We’re delighted […]

July 9, 2019

Viewpoint: Community And Technical Colleges Perfect For Those Wondering ‘What’s Next?’

Starting this fall, Dakota County Technical College (DCTC) and Inver Hills Community College (IHCC) will commemorate 50 years of providing higher education in Minnesota. As we reflect on our history, I am reminded of the special role that community and technical colleges play in higher education. Going back to the early 20th century, junior colleges […]

July 7, 2019

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Local Community College Partners With Columbus University

Edison State Community College is planning share its new location in Troy with Franklin University. Through the new co-location agreement, students can pursue a health care degree beginning at Edison State for the first three years, and finish their fourth year by taking Franklin’s courses on site at Edison State’s Troy location or through Franklin’s […]

July 7, 2019

CUNY Battles Overcrowding As Enrollments Boom

Enrollment in the city’s public university system has soared in the last decade, creating a desperate race for space — and sometimes, seats too. A total of 274,906 students packed into the City University of New York in the fall of 2018 — and the huge number is expected to be about the same this […]

June 30, 2019

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Boston’s Community College Problem

Less than 3 percent of newly enrolled, full-time students graduate on time from community colleges in Boston: 2 percent at Bunker Hill Community College and 1 percent at Roxbury Community College. It’s college decision time, and most students in Boston Public Schools will become part of a broken system of “well-meaning” adults, who are severely allergic to accountability. […]

June 30, 2019

Funding For Community Colleges’ Non-Traditional Students Improved

SHERIDAN — Wyoming Education Attainment Executive Committee launched the Wyoming Works program June 20, allocating $5 million from the state Legislature to support the program; $3 million will be used for individual student grants and the remaining will be used to support program development. Wyoming Works is designed to provide programs and resources to allow […]

June 25, 2019

Community College Boosts Retention with Student Pathways Redesign

A multi-year campaign to improve student success at Lorain County Community College is seeing positive results. The Ohio institution utilized Civitas Learning‘s student success platform and suite of application to identify common barriers to student persistence and streamline pathways to completion, increasing full-time student retention by nearly 12 percentage points. Data analysis from the Civitas Learning platform revealed […]

June 4, 2019

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OpEd: College Partnerships Benefit Students

Thomas Nelson Community College and Old Dominion University are finalizing an academic partnership agreement that makes it even easier for TNCC’s industrial technology students to transfer to ODU. Streamlining the award of credits for prior work experiences, the agreement responds to societal demands for a more technologically-prepared workforce. This agreement is one of dozens the […]

June 2, 2019

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A Parting Gift: Holyoke Community College Receives $1 Million Legacy Donation From Late Alumna, Professor Elaine Marieb

HOLYOKE — To Elaine Marieb, few things in the world mattered more than learning and helping others. She showed that commitment through one of her final gifts: a $1 million donation to Holyoke Community College. Announced Tuesday at a Board of Trustees meeting, the gift from the Elaine Nicpon Marieb Foundation will go toward HCC […]

June 2, 2019

Senator Kamala Harris Speaks at Los Angeles Southwest College

California Sen. Kamala Harris said she will unveil Monday what she called “the first ever national priority on closing that pay gap and holding corporations accountable for transparency and closing that gap.” Corporations failing to do so will face penalties, Harris said Sunday at Los Angeles Southwest College at what was billed as the first […]

May 21, 2019

PCCD, Superior Court of Alameda County Partner for New Certificate Programs

When officials from the Superior Court of Alameda County in California began to notice growing vacancies in its courtroom clerk and legal processing assistant (LPA) roles, they believed it would be an ideal situation to look to the area’s community colleges to address gaps in public service employees. Now, a strategic partnership between the court […]

May 19, 2019

Report: More Can Be Done to Assist Undocumented Community College Students in California

A new report by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s office reveal that more needs to be done to assist undocumented students in the areas of financial aid, legal services and mental health. The Dreamer’s Project Report, an analysis of the support that the 111 community colleges in California provide for the estimated 50,000 to 70,000 […]

May 14, 2019

3 Tips to Save And Succeed at a Community College

If community college is in the cards for your high school senior, don’t wait until the fall to prepare. Having the right strategy going before starting on that path to an associate’s degree can help your child finish his education on time or make a successful transfer to a four-year college. Read More

May 12, 2019

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Austin Community College to Add Second Bachelor’s Degree Program

In the fall 2018 semester, Austin Community College launched its first bachelor’s degree program, seeking to address the nursing shortage in Central Texas by allowing local registered nurses to complete a bachelor’s degree in nursing. Next year, the community college district will begin its second bachelor’s degree program with a similar goal——helping members of the […]

May 7, 2019

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UTA, Dallas County Community College District Seek to Improve Transfer Credit Process

As lawmakers in Austin work out details of a plan to fix the state’s college transfer process, two North Texas institutions are looking to ease that process between their schools. The University of Texas at Arlington and the Dallas County Community College District signed an agreement Friday that they say will remove roadblocks for students […]

May 7, 2019

Analysis Suggests That Free Community College Would Create a Surge in Enrollment

A proposal for free community college is nowhere to be found in the governor’s budget bill or in the budget under discussion in the General Assembly, but proponents of the measure have not given up. They say new numbers showing the possibility of a dramatic surge in enrollment and large revenues make the plan too […]

May 7, 2019

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Success Stories at The Heart of CMT Education Tour

“The fact that I felt like knowledge is important (and) school is valuable” is what Dr. Delita Thompson-Johnson, 48, said made her go back to school to pursue a higher education. “That’s the only way that we are going to personally advance,” she said. “For me, in order to progress and succeed in the business […]

May 5, 2019

Community Colleges Will Soon Shift Away From Placement Tests

A 2017 bill is expected to be widely implemented this fall across all California community colleges. Assembly Bill 705 was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown on October 13, 2017. The law prohibits California community colleges from using placement tests to determine eligibility for prerequisite courses. “We should see a reduction in ‘time to […]

May 5, 2019

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Provost

Valencia College

President

West Valley-Mission Community College District

Director for the Achieve Academy

Brookdale Community College

Dean

San Diego City College

James Kvaal, U.S. Under Secretary of Education

James Kvaal as Under Secretary: What to Expect

Investing in Community Colleges Does More Than Fuel California’s Workforce

The Pandemic Hurt Colorado Community College Fall Enrollment. But Not as Much as School Leaders Feared.

Delaware's West Chester and DCCC Are the First Local Colleges To Join National Program to Close Equity Gaps

Salisbury University

TCU

A.T. Still University

Texas Southern University