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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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Bergen Community College, Partners Launch $12M Health Care Grant

Bergen Community College announced receiving a $12 million U.S. Department of Labor grant during a Sept. 25 event in the institution’s Health Professions Integrated Teaching Center. The Bergen-led application represented one of 23 projects awarded a total of $183.8 million by the federal government during this cycle. As part of the Scaling Apprenticeship Through Sector-Based […]

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Roxbury Community College Nursing Program Loses State Approval

The nursing program at Roxbury Community College (RCC) is facing an uncertain future. This week, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing voted to withdraw its approval of the program. Officials said several deficiencies led to the move, including a lack of stability in academic leadership. According to the state, the school has appointed five administrators since […]

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CA Assembly Committee Hears Proposed Bill Centered on Reducing Community College Student Homelessness

A new bill that would work to reduce homelessness among California community college students was recently presented to the state Assembly Committee on Higher Education. The bill, AB 302, would require state community colleges to grant any homeless student who is “enrolled in coursework, has paid enrollment fees if not waived, and is in good […]

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Oakton Community College to Offer Certificate in Medical Marijuana

Oakton Community College, located in Des Plaines, Illinois, could become the first community college in the nation to offer a training program for medical marijuana. The community college is still awaiting approval for two new health care certificates, “Cannabis Dispensary and Patient Care Specialist” and “Perioperative Nursing” from the Illinois Community College Board. A third program, […]

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