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New Jersey Governor Announces Community College Opportunity Grant Recipients

Thirteen New Jersey schools were chosen as pilots for the first stage of the new Community College Opportunity Grant program. Students who earn less than $45,000 and take six or more credits in the Spring 2019 semester are eligible to receive the grant. Read more

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Detroit Area Community College Says Tax Proposal Needed to Sustain Operations

It’s natural when you hit your 50s to take action to strengthen your financial security. Such is the case for Wayne County Community College District this year as it observes its Golden Anniversary and asks voters to approve a tax proposal to sustain operations. The college is seeking approval Nov. 6 to combine and continue […]

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Survey: Most 2-Year Colleges Lack Resources for Supports

While plenty of programs for first-year students — summer bridge, first-year orientation, first-year student success courses, advising and counseling, learning communities — have found success in four-year colleges and universities, a new study examined the issues two-year schools face in getting students engaged in the campus, staying in school and accumulating credits. The survey, produced […]

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Tulsa College Adopts New Advising Model

TULSA — Tulsa Community College has achieved a goal four years in the making — providing one academic adviser for every 350 students. It’s a ratio recommended by national education organizations, but rarely attained on Oklahoma public college campuses. Higher education officials say a number of the state’s colleges either don’t have any academic advisers […]

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Ohio Lawmakers Offer Plan to Ease Cost of College

Universal tuition guarantees, tuition rates that vary by the type of degree, and more use of programs to make college quicker to complete are among the recommendations proposed this week by a bipartisan legislative committee. “We’re thinking this report is a road map for the next budget. It was a good process,” said Rep. Mike […]

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Connecticut Students Will Get a Break on Cost of Texts

A new agreement between Connecticut State Colleges and Universities and Follett Higher Education Group is going to help college students save more than $4 million in textbook costs. “I think that’s something that students get very worried about when they hear textbooks and with these negotiations I think students can get a lot less worried […]