AdminLeadershipCity College to drop one third of class offerings over 7 yearsCity College of San Francisco administrators say they need to permanently cancel as much as a third of the school’s class offerings over the next several years to fix what they describe as 20-year structural budget problem. Read moreDecember 20, 2018Workforce DevelopmentCommunity College of Beaver County gets American Airlines grantThe Community College of Beaver County’s School of Aviation Sciences was one of only 17 aviation schools in the country to receive a grant from American Airlines. The school announced Wednesday that they had once again received a $25,000 grant for being a top “innovative aviation organization.” The funds would go toward the launch of […]December 20, 2018Other NewsColumbus State Community College program for deaf makes sure theater not lost in translationIt’s safe to say that most American Sign Language interpreters probably do little twerking while translating a live theatrical production for deaf audience members. Yet there was Lindsey Longbrake — hands on the ground, posterior in the air — backing it up on the Shadowbox Live stage on Friday night. What better way to interpret […]December 20, 2018Blogs/OpinionOPINION: Middle college idea offers great possibilitiesA potential partnership between the Tupelo Public School District and Itawamba Community College offers exciting possibilities. The two educational entities have been exploring the possibility of a middle college, as reported by the Daily Journal’s Dillon Mullan. The concept would share similarities with Tupelo’s current dual enrollment program but would go much deeper, providing students […]December 18, 2018Workforce DevelopmentFederal grant to create jobs-training program at Stonehill College, Bridgewater StateEASTON —A new jobs-training program is coming to Stonehill College courtesy of a $570,000 federal grant and an emerging technology called integrated photonics. By using light, rather than electricity, to transmit and process information, proponents of the technology say it can speed up the transfer of data while using less energy, potentially revolutionizing the storage […]December 18, 2018Other NewsUH Community College students build rocket for potential NASA launchUniversity of Hawaiʻi Community College students are designing and building a rocket and payload to be launched from a NASA flight facility as part of the NASA Student Launch Competition. Ten UH students from Honolulu, Kapiʻolani and Windward Community Colleges and three from UH Mānoa comprise the Project Imua Mission 6 team. “The NASA Student […]December 18, 2018LeadershipSUNY Schenectady allies with Cazenovia College for education degreesSCHENECTADY — Students at SUNY Schenectady will, starting in 2019, be able to get four-year teaching degrees thanks to an agreement with Cazenovia College that was reached on Monday. The concept is to let students who reside in Schenectady remain at home and get their bachelor’s in education, according to SUNY Schenectady President Steady Moono. […]December 18, 2018LeadershipRethinking ‘Remedial’ Classes: Instead of Helping Students Catch Up, They Hold Them BackIn an effort to help disadvantaged students through college, both public schools and state officials have identified what may seem an unlikely bogeyman: the courses designed to help struggling students prepare for college-level material. Those catch-up courses — called “remedial” or “developmental” education — were set up with the best of intentions. Read moreDecember 18, 2018Blogs/OpinionCalifornia must find new pathways toward a working economyConventional indicators of economic well-being — the unemployment rate, the rate of economic growth and (despite some recent setbacks) the stock market — suggest that Americans are doing quite well. But the American people know that, for the average person, things are not getting better. This is particularly true in the Bay Area, notwithstanding popular […]December 14, 2018AcademicsBCC, UMD launch program to streamline path to bachelor’s degreeBristol Community College and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth have signed a memorandum of understanding to launch the Plus Program: Bristol + UMassD. The program will provide students with access to associate and bachelor’s degree opportunities, and it will begin enrolling students in September 2019, according to a news release. “Students in our region deserve […]December 14, 2018Previous PagePage 104 of 286Next Page
