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Leadership

SUNY Schenectady allies with Cazenovia College for education degrees

SCHENECTADY — Students at SUNY Schenectady will, starting in 2019, be able to get four-year teaching degrees thanks to an agreement with Cazenovia College that was reached on Monday. The concept is to let students who reside in Schenectady remain at home and get their bachelor’s in education, according to SUNY Schenectady President Steady Moono. […]

Finance

LCCC’s SAIL program provides help for low-income students

Lorain County Community College showcased its Students Accelerating in Learning program Dec. 12 at the college’s Norton Culinary Arts Center, 1005 Abbe Road. The program, launched in 2015, financially assists college students, making it easier to graduate. Students Accelerating in Learning, also known as SAIL, was modeled after the Accelerated Study in Associate Programs, also […]

Finance

Rock on: Clackamas Community College receives $100K grant from Metallica foundation

OREGON CITY, OR (KPTV) – Clackamas Community College is getting a big boost from a major rock band. CCC is one of 10 recipients of a $100,000 grant from the Metallica Scholars Initiative, funded by Metallica’s All Within My Hands Foundation. The foundation provides direct support to community colleges to enhance career and technical education […]

Health

How Food From Harvard Feeds Hungry Community College Students

Lunch had just ended inside the cafeteria of Harvard University’s Annenberg Hall. Trays full of chicken, noodles and snow peas remain, and Motoy Kuno-Lewis was making sure none of it will go to waste. Each week, he and other student volunteers package 1,200 pounds of leftovers into microwaveable frozen meals. Kuno-Lewis, who studies environmental science, […]

Finance

Extending a helping hand; Riverland Student Senate helps curb food insecurity on campus

For some college students, being able to afford school means going hungry. Riverland Community College Student Senate created the food pantry a little more than a year ago and has since seen a large number of students utilize the pantry for necessities, such as food items and toiletries. Stationed inside an inconspicuous closet, the pantry […]

Leadership

Corning Community College will lower tuition for Pennsylvania students on campus

SUNY Corning Community College hopes to entice more Pennsylvania students to campus by offering them a tuition break. The college’s regional board of trustees this week approved a plan that would enable Keystone State students who live on campus to earn an associate’s degree for the same cost as New York state students. Read more

Finance

Grant funding allows high school students to take college-level courses

High school students in Warren County, Va. will soon be able to take college-level classes to get a head start on the path to a career in nursing. Skyline High School in Front Royal, Va. received $15,000 from the Warren County Educational Endowment to pay for the materials needed to start the college-level dual-enrollment anatomy […]

Workforce Development

Community college program gives military students credit for their service

Before Central Virginia Community College classes were set to start this fall Marine Zachary Farrell stopped by the school’s Veterans Resource Center to go over his military transcript. The move, which introduced him to the Credits2Careers program and saved him from taking an unnecessary class, is one CVCC is hopes it can get more veterans […]

Finance

Clark State students have saved $265,000 so far due to program

Clark State Community College has saved full-time students thousands of dollars in tuition cost over the last three years. The school announced that about $265,000 has been saved by students because of the college’s Tuition Challenge Program. The program’s goal is to award students who go to school full-time and are successful. Read more

Finance

Seattle high-school graduates will get 2 free years of community college. Here’s how it will work.

Earlier this month, Seattle voters approved the city’s most expensive education levy ever. The tax includes a measure that gives future high-school graduates of Seattle Public Schools two years of community college tuition-free, no matter how much their families make. Seattle joins a wave of programs across the country that have been created by lawmakers, […]

Academics

Free College In Hudson County? NJ Pilot Program Begins Rollout

HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — It’s hard to refuse “free,” especially when it involves a college education. Hudson County Community College, which has campuses in Jersey City and Union City, has officially started accepting applications for the New Jersey Community College Opportunity Grant (CCOG) program, which offers a fee-free education to eligible low-income students. Read more

Finance

College students live at retirement, rehabilitation home for reduced rent, community service

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (WHTM) – Imagine exchanging volunteer time for rent. That’s what a couple Dauphin County college students are doing at The Middletown Home. College students pay a reduced rent and complete 20 hours of community service a month to live at The Middletown Home. But residents say the energy and friendship the students provide […]

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