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Louisiana Community Students Pay More Tuition Than Students in The Region

According to Higher Education Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed, students attending community colleges in Louisiana are paying more than the regional and national averages. Louisiana students pay 21.1 percent of their income when enrolled in state community colleges, whereas students in the same group attending school in other Southern states pay 17 percent of their income, […]

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Tennessee Higher Ed Commission: High School Grads Are Not Prepared For College

According to new data from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, high school graduates in the state are unprepared for college despite an increase in student enrollment. The data analyzed students who were in community colleges and universities. One-third to almost half of Tennessee students who entered public colleges during the 2016-17 academic year needed remedial […]

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ACE Study: Racial Equity Gaps Still Plague Higher Ed

WASHINGTON – In a matter of seconds, University of Maryland higher education professor Dr. Sharon L. Fries-Britt picked off one of the biggest elephants in the room and extended a data-heavy conversation from the head to the heart. “We should be incensed by this,” Fries-Britt said of a new report on race inequities in higher […]

AAUP Investigation: Dismissal of Nunez Professor Violated His Academic Freedom

Nunez Community College’s dismissal of professor Richard Schmitt was likely a retaliatory measure, violating his academic freedom, according to a recent investigative report by American Association of University Professors (AAUP). The college dismissed Schmitt, a non-tenured associate professor with over two decades of service at the school, after he disagreed with the administration over the […]

Legislative Summit Urges Community College Leaders to Advocate

WASHINGTON – There’s a lot of important legislative and policy change afoot in higher education in 2019, and community colleges leaders should make sure they have seats at every table and voices in every discussion. That’s been a key message this week at the Community College National Legislative Summit presented by the Association of Community […]

CCCSE Report Underscores TCUs’ Role in Higher Education

A new report from the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCSSE) at the University of Texas at Austin adds to the growing body of research that demonstrates the inherent value and role of Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) within the United States higher education system. The report titled, “Preserving Culture and Planning for the […]

Middlesex President Addresses Staff, Faculty Concerns Made in Recent Survey

Dr. James Mabry, president of Middlesex Community College said that he is currently working to address concerns regarding his leadership that were noted in a recent campus survey. Communication is the first step, he said. However, with the changing education system and limited resources, it is a challenge that he said he is willing to […]

Hawkeye Community College Proposes A 14 Percent Property Tax Increase

Administrators from Hawkeye Community College have proposed a 14.11 percent property tax increase, which would add $1.4 million to its funding for the next fiscal year. The Hawkeye Community College Board of Trustees recently approved publishing the 2019-20 budget estimate, which included the property tax increase, according to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. A total of $11.32 […]

New CA Bill Would Allow Homeless Community College Students to Sleep in their Cars on Campus

A new California bill would require community colleges throughout the state to permit homeless students enrolled and in good standing to sleep in their vehicles in campus parking lots and parking structures overnight. Assembly Bill 302 is sponsored by California Assemblyman Marc Berman, who says one in four California college students experience homelessness or housing […]

Meridian Alumna Appointed Dean of Student Services

Deanna Smith has recently been appointed dean of Student Services at Meridian Community College (MCC).

In Support of Rural Higher Education, Economic Diversity and Democracy

As a community college, our student body is diverse. It reflects the real world. As part of my first year efforts to see our college through our students’ eyes, at the end of last semester, we held a forum where students shared their thoughts on what started as age diversity on campus. The students communicated […]

Virginia Lawmakers Still at Odds Over In-State Tuition for DACA Students

Officials at some of Virginia’s largest public institutions of higher learning support allowing DACA recipients in the Commonwealth to pay in-state tuition, but recent legislative efforts in the state house and senate have failed to make it to their respective floors for votes. Legislation sponsored by Sen. Jennifer Boysko, died in committee in late January, […]

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Jobmarket

Graduate Job Market Hits Five-Year Low as Skills Gap Widens Between Higher Ed and Employers

Higher Ed Joins March on Wall Street to Defend DEI Programs

Most States Fail to Adequately Support Newly-Arrived Immigrant Students, New Report Finds

America's $1.7 Trillion Moral Crisis: A Searing Indictment of Higher Education’s Broken Promise