AdminLeadershipJames Sprunt Community College Names New PresidentDr. Jay Carraway will be starting his presidency next week at James Sprunt Community College in Duplin County, according to Interim President Dr. Kenneth Boham. Boham said, “We wish him much success as he comes on board.” Read MoreApril 28, 2019LeadershipGateway Community College Foundation Board Names New ChairmanA longtime member of the Gateway Community College Foundation, Inc. has been elected chairman of the foundation’s Board of Directors. ConnCORP President and CEO Paul McCraven has long relationship with Gateway and the foundation, which includes serving on the board for the past nine years, according to a release. Read MoreApril 28, 2019LeadershipAs Helm Changes at Danville Community College, It’s History in The MakingEven before taking the helm at Danville Community College in July, Jacqueline M. Gill has already made history. She will become the first African-American and first woman to fill the position of president for the long-term, DCC Board of Directors Chairman Chris Eastwood confirmed this week. Read MoreApril 28, 2019LeadershipCentral Community College-Hastings Names Next PresidentCentral Community College announced Friday morning that it has named Jerry Wallace as the next president of CCC-Hastings. Wallace will also serve as CCC division vice president. He succeeds William “Bill” Hitesman, who will retire in June. The appointment of Wallace is subject to approval by the CCC Board of Governors at its May meeting. […]April 28, 2019LeadershipCape Cod Community College Recovers 80 Percent of Stolen MoneyCape Cod Community College (the Four C’s) has recovered more than 80 percent of the money that was stolen during a cyber-attack at the end of last year. The hackers were able to override the college’s bank URL associated with their account at TD Bank through a virus that likely got onto campus from an unsolicited […]April 23, 2019AcademicsNader Urges Connecticut Governor to Reject Community College ConsolidationAdd Ralph Nader to the list of those who think consolidating the state’s 12 community colleges into one is a bad idea. Nader, the quintessential consumer advocate, Connecticut native and sometime presidential candidate, wrote a letter to Gov. Ned Lamont on Monday asking him to put the breaks on a plan that he calls dangerous, […]April 23, 2019FinanceAmy Klobuchar: Canceling $1.5 Trillion in Student Debt Is Unrealistic—Free Community College Isn’tU.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Democrat and White House hopeful, sounded a mostly moderate tone Monday night in New Hampshire at a CNN town hall meeting. The former prosecutor appeared at St. Anselm College in Manchester with CNN anchor Chris Cuomo. It was the first of five back-to-back town hall meetings Monday with front-running Democratic […]April 23, 2019AcademicsIs a Big-Ticket Plan to Help California’s Community College Students Worth The Cost?Rey Blanco is running for president — at least if he gets enough signatures from his San Jose City College classmates to get on the ballot for the upcoming student government election. At 36, Blanco is in his first semester of community college, and for the first time in his life he’s embracing school. He’s […]April 23, 2019FacultySouthwest Tennessee Community College Named Recipient of AACC Award of ExcellenceSouthwest Tennessee Community College’s Police Services/Public Safety Department has been named the recipient of the American Association of Community College (AACC)’s Community College Safety and Planning award for state-of-the-art training and innovative practices. The AACC Award of Excellence for Community College Safety and Planning honors outstanding work among the 1,200 two-year and associate-degree granting institutions […]April 18, 2019LeadershipOrange Coast College Names Dr. Angelica Suarez Next PresidentThe Coast Community College District Board of Trustees have announced that Dr. Angelica Suarez has been named the next president of Orange Coast College. Suarez will succeed former president Dr. Dennis Harkins, who was the third-longest serving president in the community college’s history. “I am honored to be selected as the next president of Orange […]April 18, 2019Previous PagePage 86 of 286Next Page