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Kress faces pressure from MCC faculty

Long-simmering tension between Monroe Community College President Anne Kress and the Faculty Senate and Faculty Association has erupted in a strong no-confidence vote by the Faculty Association, the MCC faculty’s union. Of the 502 full-time and part-time teachers who voted last week, 88 percent supported the no-confidence resolution. The vote by faculty represents 60 percent […]

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Heartland to offer child care to evening students

NORMAL — Starting this spring, parents taking evening classes at Heartland Community College will have child care services on campus. Heartland’s Youth Evening Care program will be available for children ages 5 to 13 whose parents are taking evening credit classes, adult education classes or Continuing Education Work Ready programs. Kelli Hill, vice president of […]

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Professor accuses Waubonsee Community College of retaliation for sharing information during sex harassment investigation

A Waubonsee Community College professor is alleging the school retaliated against her for providing information during a sexual harassment investigation, documents show. Sociology professor Kathleen Westman made the allegations in a complaint against the college’s board filed with the Illinois Department of Human Rights. The charge remains under investigation, a department spokesman said. Read more

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Retired math professor gives Northern Virginia Community College $1 million

At 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 […]

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Survey: Growing Disparity in Backgrounds of Community College Trustees and Students

Diversity among community college boards has changed little in the last decade though the demographics of the student populations they serve have shifted greatly, according to the results of a survey conducted by the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT). The survey, completed by more than a 1000 people, shows the racial and gender diversity […]

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Former Nine Inch Nails Drummer Teaches at Alabama Community College

Chris Vrenna, the former drummer of ’90s rock band Nine Inch Nails, is now a mass communications teacher at Calhoun Community College in Alabama. Vrenna, who once ate a light bulb behind stage as part of a dare, also teaches intro to recording technology, studio production and Pro Tools at the North Alabama school with […]

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College in N.J. Could Lose Accreditation

A New Jersey community college has been warned that its accreditation is in jeopardy, potentially putting financial aid for thousands of students at risk. Brookdale Community College has shown “insufficient evidence” that its meets accreditation standards for ethics and integrity and educational effectiveness, according to a letter sent in June by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. […]

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Arizona Faculty Association Files Complaint

TEMPE, AZ  – When the Maricopa Community College System decided to undergo a “transformation,” many teachers felt they had been cut off from decision-making after that. But now, the Faculty Association has released nearly 250 pages of some serious accusations. The Association complained to the Higher Learning Commission, which is the accreditation body. In the complaint, […]

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College Has Its Place

Hat’s off to Sweet Briar College for increasing its new student enrollment for the fall by 42 percent. The Class of 2022 will be made up of 114 first-year students, up from 79 this time last year. These gains represent a significant turnaround for a school that almost closed three years ago. Other small institutions […]

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When ‘Last Chance U’ Is on Your Campus

“I’m Brittany Wagner, man,” Independence Community College head coach Jason Brown tells a reporter midway through the first episode of Last Chance U’s third season. In that casual self-appointment, Brown gives the show’s longtime fans a friendly warning: Wagner, the beloved academic advisor who was the breakout star of the Netflix docuseries’s first two seasons at […]

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Virginia’s Shrinking Colleges Looking to Pivot

Nothing like losing a quarter of your customers to get your attention. That basically is what has happened to Virginia’s Community College System, with last term’s enrollment down 57,000 (actually only 22 percent) from its peak six years ago during the early days of the economic recovery. That drop exceeds the total enrollment at the […]

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‘Rebellion’ Mounts Among California Professors

As California leaders prepare this week to change the way the state funds its community colleges, a revolt is growing among professors who say it’s too much too soon for a system already undergoing rapid transformations to improve dismal student outcomes. Over the past two months, the academic senates from at least half a dozen […]

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