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Maine Community Colleges Offering Free Health Care Training Programs for Laid-Off Workers

The state is suspending restrictions for some online job training programs in an effort to quickly train out-of-work Mainers for health care positions. On Friday, Gov. Janet Mills signed an executive order suspending certain restrictions of the Maine Quality Centers program, which is offered by the state’s community college system. Read More

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Community Colleges Prepare for Coronavirus, Distance Learning

With the coronavirus (COVID-19) declared a pandemic Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO), office spaces are taking precautions by encouraging employees to telecommute, professional sports leagues are suspending their seasons and national conferences are being canceled. A little more than 1,200 COVID-19 cases are being reported in the U.S. and there have been 36 […]

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Community College Partnerships Boost Health Sciences’ Enrollment in First Five Years

A partnership between the School of Medicine and Health Sciences and Virginia-area community colleges has boosted enrollment five years after its implementation, medical school officials said. The program – which allows students with associate degrees in health sciences to round out their education at the medical school – has increased the diversity of the student […]

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Student Aid Flexibility in Response to Coronavirus

The U.S. Education Department (ED) is giving colleges and universities flexibility on financial aid requirements in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19). A March 5 directive from ED’s Office of Postsecondary Education responds to concerns from college leaders about how they should comply with federal Title IV regulations regarding students who are ill or quarantined, recalled from […]

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Study: Community College Access Linked to Higher Earnings, Health Benefits

Decades of rising college costs have contributed to “renewed” interest among policymakers “in dramatically raising subsidies for higher education,” particularly for community colleges, the report’s authors note. Increasing access to college could help fill some of the nation’s jobs that require workers who have earned a high school diploma but don’t have a four-year degree. […]

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CEO of California’s New Online College Resigns

Heather Hiles, the president and chief executive officer of Calbright College, California’s new online college, has resigned after less than a year in the role. She was hired in February with an annual salary of $385,000. Last week, Hiles was placed on paid administrative leave. Read More

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Trinity Valley Community College, UT Tyler Announce Partnership to Address Nursing Shortage

ATHENS, Texas (KLTV) – Sixty-thousand: that’s the number of nurses the state of Texas will be short by 2030, according to a projection by the Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies. East Texas students pursuing nursing degrees to fill that gap are getting some help thanks to a new partnership. The University of Texas at […]

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Criticized for Cutting Campus Mental Health Counseling, PA’s Largest Community College Adds Services

Two months after eliminating mental health counseling on campus, causing confusion and concern among students, Pennsylvania’s largest community college announced Thursday it had contracted with a Harrisburg-area firm to fill the gap. HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, said in a statement that its one-year agreement with Mazzitti & Sullivan Counseling Services Inc. will provide students […]

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Cleveland Community College Students Help Cancer Survivors

Students in the Cleveland Community College esthetics program are doing their part to help women or families dealing with breast cancer this month. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. One of the more common forms of cancer, breast cancer affects about one in eight women in the United States. The disease is treatable, and breast […]

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PA’s Largest Community College Eliminates Campus Mental Health Counseling for 17K Students

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s largest community college system has eliminated all on-campus mental health counseling for its students, Spotlight PA has learned, a move college health experts called short-sighted and risky at a time of growing need. HACC told counselors across its five campuses to stop individual and group counseling as of mid-September, according to an […]

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Decision to Eliminate Pinning Ceremony at Bristol Community College Draws Ire From Students

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) – A decision by Bristol Community College to do away with a traditional pinning ceremony for graduates of the nursing program has been reversed after backlash from the community. The pinning ceremony marks the end of the nursing program: students dress in historic nursing uniforms and receive a pin marking their […]

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How Springfield Technical Community College is Training Medical Professionals to Respond to Crisis Situations With Robotic Patients

Pediatric patient Katie lays on the bed at the Springfield Technical Community College with tears rolling down her cheeks, with audible signs of distress and in apparent pain but rather than a doctor coming to her aid, Simulation Specialist Dan Taibbi moves to stop the anguish with a touch on his tablet. Named “Katie” by […]

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