AdminLeadershipRetired math professor gives Northern Virginia Community College $1 millionAt Northern Virginia Community College Dr. Richard Semmler’s name appears on doors, plaques, and on this day a five tiered cake. “It just inspires me the multitude of people he’s helped,” said former NOVA student Tom Motak. Semmler, a former mathematics professor at the college, has an amazing record of giving. It started in 1968 […]November 15, 2018LeadershipPikes Peak Community College reboots student newspaper, journalism programWhen Jenna Benson returned to Pikes Peak Community College 10 years after graduating, this time to teach Introduction to Mass Media, she made a disappointing discovery. The student newspaper was gone. When the late Professor Janet Rohan, who led the school’s journalism department for nearly 20 years, retired in 2006, The Pikes Peak News also […]November 15, 2018LeadershipWLAC Is 1st California Community College To Launch Climate Change Studies DegreeAs legislators and activists continue to debate and sound the alarm over global warming and extreme weather, West Los Angeles College has launched a Climate Change and Environmental Studies Associate of Arts Degree program. “We believe this is the first degree of its kind offered by a California Community College,” said Dr. James M. Limbaugh, […]November 15, 2018Blogs/OpinionCommunity Colleges’ Crucial Role in Powering Local EconomiesVibrant communities have a healthy dose of industry diversity, job growth that spans a variety of skill levels, and residents with the skills and training to fill those new jobs. Every community wants to attract and keep an educated workforce. However, as public investment in higher education lags, most proposals for how to do so […]November 13, 2018Workforce DevelopmentTennessee Reconnect lets adults go back to college for free. One woman’s story shows it may not be so easy.Sheeteah Blair’s bleary, watery eyes focused on the accounting homework in front of her at a high-top table at Nashville State Community College. She’s hunched over the book at about 7:30 a.m. in September. She’s been awake since before 4 a.m. Sleep comes when Blair can manage it. A quick nap on the couch after a […]November 13, 2018LeadershipPrivate colleges aim to draw community college students to campusThe year before Sydney Anderson arrived at St. Catherine University last fall, she visited its St. Paul campus four times for events tailored to would-be transfer students like her. She stayed overnight in a dorm and scored an invite to the private college’s Day of the Dead bash. I was involved in the St. Kate’s […]November 13, 2018LeadershipLatino students in California still lag in college successCalifornia’s Latino students are making progress in higher education but colleges and state policymakers should take further steps to help close a continuing ethnic achievement gap, according to a new report by the Campaign for College Opportunity. The nonprofit advocacy group headquartered in Los Angeles called for a series of reforms, including: expanding enrollment at […]November 13, 2018Other NewsFor first-ever poet laureate, Hartford taps resident and Norwich Community College professorThe city of Wallace Stevens has picked its first-ever poet laureate, tasked with writing about Hartford and inspiring young poets within it. Frederick-Douglass Knowles II, an associate professor at Three Rivers Community College in Norwich, was appointed by Mayor Luke Bronin, and heads to the city council for confirmation Tuesday. After graduating from Eastern Connecticut […]November 13, 2018Blogs/OpinionI spent two years serving my country with AmeriCorps. In return, Uncle Sam sent me a bill.Every year young Americans heed the signal to serve their country — volunteering their blood, sweat, and tears to the promise of a nation that’s stronger and more prosperous. Some of these heroes clothe themselves in the colors of the Armed Forces, but other patriots still answer the call of duty through national service, sometimes […]November 9, 2018LeadershipSUNY community college enrollment numbers take a plungeSYRACUSE, NY — Community college enrollment is down around the country. Onondaga Community College saw a considerable student decrease in just one year. Numbers from SUNY indicate the drop was around 16 percent. “We’ve seen declines steadily since 2011,” Marth Parham, senior vice president of public relations with American Association of Community Colleges, said. Read more […]November 9, 2018Previous PagePage 111 of 286Next Page