AdminLeadershipTraining, testing are key to cybersecurityIt’s early evening, and you get an email from your college president saying she is at dinner with a potential donor and misplaced her credit card. You’re asked to pay for the bill electronically by clicking on a link in the email. But you notice the email didn’t come from the college’s system, but rather […]November 20, 2018LeadershipState Addresses Food Insecurity for Community College StudentsEDISON – The Murphy Administration was joined Nov. 19 by anti-hunger advocates and higher education officials to announce it was expanding food assistance to career and technical education students at community colleges. According to a release, during a visit to Middlesex County College, which earlier this year opened a food pantry for students, New Jersey […]November 20, 2018LeadershipModesto Junior College and Columbia faculty schedule two-day strikeInstructors at Modesto Junior College and Columbia College near Sonora will strike Nov. 27 and 28 to protest what faculty calls unfair labor practices by their bosses at the Yosemite Community College District. District administrators have said classes will not be canceled for 25,000 students at both campuses. The classes, labs and online courses presumably […]November 20, 2018Blogs/OpinionKCC can use your help with matching grantKlamath Community College was founded in 1996 by forward-thinking individuals. KCC is one of a network of 17 community colleges in Oregon. (Visit KCC’s Founders Hall to learn more about these men and women). The community college model and purpose differs from a traditional four-year university, which selects individuals who meet their criteria to attend. […]November 16, 2018LeadershipMuskegon Community College to keep graduation prayer, with changesMUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan college will exclude specific religious references from prayers said during graduation ceremonies after a civil rights group complained. The Muskegon Chronicle reports Muskegon Community College’s Board of Trustees voted Wednesday to offer an invocation “to the extent permitted by separation of church and state law.” The board acted […]November 16, 2018LeadershipSUNY trustees OK community college tuition hikesState University of New York trustees on Thursday approved a tuition increase for students attending the state’s 30 community colleges for the 2018-19 school year. The increase, which took effect with the current fall semester, varies by school because tuition is set at the local level by each college’s governing board and county. The annual tuition at Nassau […]November 16, 2018Workforce DevelopmentAre Non-Traditional Students And Classes The Future? Some Community Colleges Say SoIt’s been a rough couple of years for Illinois community colleges, from the slashed funds of the budget impasse to concerning enrollment declines. This is part two in a three-part series on how these very different schools have stayed afloat by embracing change and, more importantly, putting the community in community college. “The average student […]November 16, 2018Academics‘Aggie Plus’ is N.C. A&T’s new transfer program for Forsyth Tech studentsGREENSBORO — N.C. A&T and Forsyth Tech have signed a deal that could make it easier to transfer from the Winston-Salem community college to the Greensboro university. The Aggie Plus program is open to Forsyth Tech students, regardless of major, who are seeking an associate’s degree. The new program will sign up students this academic […]November 16, 2018Blogs/OpinionCommunity colleges are helping to transform AmericaI am an American educator. My job is hard, and I sometimes feel like I’m fighting a losing battle. I manage a writing center at Palo Alto College, one of five campuses that make up the Alamo College system. Our campus is located on the South Side, a part of the city that is said […]November 15, 2018LeadershipSouth Arkansas Community College signs partnership with Arkansas State UniversitySouth Arkansas Community College has a new partnership, that could cut your costs of education. The college signed a transfer agreement with Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. President Barbara Jones and A-state’s chancellor say the agreement will make the transition from an associate degree to a bachelor degree smoother. “So this way if they know […]November 15, 2018Previous PagePage 110 of 286Next Page