AdminLeadershipCalifornia’s Online Community College Plans To Open In Fall To Limited GroupOpening day for California’s first online community college is 10 weeks away, but that doesn’t mean the public will be able to enroll — at least not this year. College officials had announced that fall registration would begin this summer for the state’s 115th community college, the first fully online public school in the state. But instead […]July 21, 2019FinanceFree Tuition Coming To Virginia Community Colleges Under Service Program, Governor SaysFree tuition for community college? Gov. Ralph Northam said this week he would be rolling out a plan to deliver just that soon. The program, which Northam said would be called G3 for “Get skilled, get a job and give back,” would follow the tuition-for-service model of programs like Americorps. The G3 program would allow Virginia residents to […]July 21, 2019FinanceNSCC Receives Largest Gift EverNorth Shore Community College has received the largest gift in the college’s history, a $1.765 million donation that will be used to create a simulation health care center, the college announced Tuesday. The gift came from Beverly residents Henry and Donna Bertolon and their children. Donna Bertolon graduated from North Shore Community College in 1972. […]July 16, 2019Workforce DevelopmentIllinois Central College Lands Federal Grant For New Job-Training Program BuildingA federal grant will allow Illinois Central College to build a new, expanded workforce-training building that could open by late 2020 or early 2021. The $3 million Economic Development Administration grant for ICC’s Workforce Sustainability Center was announced Tuesday afternoon by U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood’s office. Read MoreJuly 16, 2019FinanceBack Pay May Amount To Nearly $2M For Minnesota Community College FacultyFaculty members at Minnesota’s community colleges could be getting nearly $2-million in back pay. Educators have filed more than $100,000 in claims for lost wages so far. The union representing them has argued that Minnesota’s two-year institutions do not properly pay faculty who take on special assignments such as overseeing independent studies, labs, and internships. […]July 16, 2019LeadershipCoconino Community College Is Debt-Free After 20 YearsCoconino Community College is celebrating a milestone this month as the first time it has been debt-free in 20 years. In June, the college made its last payment to a $25 million bond approved by voters in 1997 and issued in 1999, successfully paying off all buildings funded by the bond, including the Lone Tree […]July 16, 2019Workforce DevelopmentWoodland Community College’s Student Trustee Readies For RoleHaving student representatives on Yuba Community College District’s Board of Trustees is one way to ensure the voices of the population it serves are heard when decisions are being made. In the 2019-20 academic year, 19-year-old sociology major Lizette Valdovinos is taking on the role of student trustee for Woodland Community College. The Woodland High […]July 14, 2019LeadershipIndependence Community College Names New Interim PresidentIndependence Community College is seeing a change in staffing naming its new interim college president. George C. Knox has been selected by the ICC board of trustees for this position. Knox has experience serving in various higher education roles. Most recently he served as the executive director for the council on accreditation for two year […]July 14, 2019Other NewsCommunity Colleges Weighing Options For Offering Cannabis ProgramsSome community colleges and four-year universities in Illinois are exploring the possibility of launching educational programs to train people in the business of growing and marketing marijuana in light of a new state law legalizing adult-use recreational marijuana. There is, however, one significant hitch in that idea: such programs could run afoul of a federal […]July 14, 2019FinanceAlamo Colleges Launches Free-Tuition Program For Grads Of 25 Area High SchoolsThe Alamo Colleges District board voted Saturday to launch the first phase of a program that eventually is to offer all new graduates of Bexar County high schools free tuition at its five community colleges. Officials said Alamo Promise will cost the district $300,000 in funding for the first year, to cover graduates of the […]July 14, 2019Previous PagePage 77 of 286Next Page
