AdminOther NewsMaricopa Community Colleges to Offer Nation’s First Intel-Designed AI DegreeIn the first collaboration of its kind, Intel is teaming up with the Maricopa County Community College District — the largest community college district in the nation — to produce workers trained in artificial intelligence (AI) skills to meet growing demand in Arizona. Together they are launching the nation’s first Intel-designed AI certificate and associate degree program. […]July 2, 2020Other NewsPacific University’s Eugene Campus Moves to Lane Community College GroundsPacific University’s Eugene Campus is now located in the Center for Meeting and Learning on the main campus of Lane Community College in Eugene, fulfilling a partnership announced last fall to offer students in the southern Willamette Valley expanded access to higher education and career preparation. The unique arrangement between the private college and public community colleges allows both […]July 2, 2020Other NewsSummer Enrollment Increases at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Despite COVID-19 UncertaintyDue to COVID-19, senior year was cut short for high school students, and college students were sent home from their universities. Although summer vacation tends to mean less learning for most students, this was not the case for one community college. This summer, enrollment has increased at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College by 800 students […]July 2, 2020Other NewsSouth Carolina’s Community Colleges Feel COVID’s EffectsHis senior year, Greer High student Brody Young had to decide where he wanted to start his college career. “I really wanted to go to this one school I got accepted into, but it was just so expensive … I started looking at other options,” Young said. Then, from March to May – a popular […]July 2, 2020Other NewsPublic Strongly Supports Two-Year Colleges, Says New America ReportAmericans continue to have a strongly favorable view of community colleges, according to the Varying Degrees 2020 report from New America. Based on an accompanying survey, the report says the public believes two-year institutions are a better value, more likely to contribute to a strong workforce and run more efficiently than other higher education institutions. Nearly three in […]June 30, 2020Other NewsA New Guide Helps Faculty Plan Equitable Online Courses For FallA new guide for faculty, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, aims to help professors plan their online courses for fall as the coronavirus pandemic continues. The faculty playbook, called “Delivering High-Quality Instruction Online in Response to COVID-19,” came out of a collaboration between Every Learner Everywhere, a network of non-profits focused on student outcomes, […]June 30, 2020Other NewsAlabama’s Calhoun Community College to Forward Concerns Over School’s Name to State ChancellorCalhoun Community College in north Alabama said it received concerns over the school’s name as a monument of its namesake, former U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun, was removed in South Carolina over Calhoun’s ties to slavery. The community college, in Tanner, Alabama, said Thursday it “received inquiries regarding the origin of its name. We […]June 30, 2020Other NewsPandemic Had Little Effect on Spring Enrollment Status, Says National Student ClearinghouseDespite all the uncertainties and moving parts on campuses as a result of the pandemic, college students pretty much stayed on course and didn’t withdraw or take fewer classes, according to a new analysis of data by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The general status quo in enrollment intensity seems the same across demographic characteristics and […]June 30, 2020Other NewsVA Community Colleges, Businesses Partner to Get Virginians Back to WorkThe Virginia Ready Initiative (VA Ready) announced Monday a program that will provide stipends for unemployed Virginians to attend community college programs in an effort to find new industry jobs and overcome coronavirus-related economic hardships. “We have people who need work and companies who need employees, so Virginia’s community colleges and employers are coming together […]June 30, 2020LeadershipCalhoun Community College to Forward Concerns Over School’s Name to State ChancellorCalhoun Community College in north Alabama said it received concerns over the school’s name as a monument of its namesake, former U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun, was removed in South Carolina over Calhoun’s ties to slavery. The community college, in Tanner, Alabama, said Thursday it “received inquiries regarding the origin of its name. We […]June 26, 2020Previous PagePage 40 of 286Next Page
