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College in N.J. Could Lose Accreditation

A New Jersey community college has been warned that its accreditation is in jeopardy, potentially putting financial aid for thousands of students at risk. Brookdale Community College has shown “insufficient evidence” that its meets accreditation standards for ethics and integrity and educational effectiveness, according to a letter sent in June by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. […]

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 […]

Wisconsin 2-Year Colleges Become Branches of Universities

Wisconsin’s higher education system is going through a quiet but major change. Beginning this school year, the state’s 13 two-year colleges are now branch campuses of four-year universities. The restructuring is an effort to keep the colleges’ doors open despite declining enrollment and revenue. For example, Waukesha and Washington County colleges are now part of UW-Milwaukee. At […]

Workforce Development

Program for Heavy Equipment Operators Expands

MIDDLETOWN, Va. – A year after becoming the first community college in Virginia to offer a statewide industry credential program for heavy equipment operators, Lord Fairfax Community College (LFCC) is expanding the program. LFCC is partnering with two other community colleges to provide greater access to the in-demand training. Virginia’s community colleges announced that the 23-college system […]

San Diego V.P. Committed to Serve

Star Rivera-Lacey’s parents cultivated a love of learning in her and her siblings, encouraging them to prioritize education if they wanted a better life. As a result, she started out at a community college, and the programs she was able to access there have led to her current success as vice president of student services […]

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 […]

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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Tennessee Reports Highest Graduation Rate

The College System of Tennessee has seen a growth in enrollment and Tennessee Promise and Tennessee Reconnect participants, as well as the highest graduation rate recorded. Enrollment in the College System has grown slightly, with 88,352 students enrolled in community colleges in the system, according to the preliminary numbers. Numbers were announced at the Board of […]

Federal Help on the Way for Students Hit by Hurricane

College students affected by Hurricane Florence could be eligible for grants totaling $2.8 million that were announced Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Education. The grants would go to students who are deemed financially needy, with priority to those who are currently on Pell Grants. The emergency money was made available by the Federal Supplemental […]

Workforce Development

Massachusetts Works to Close Cybersecurity Skills Gaps

In 2017, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced the creation of the Cybersecurity Growth and Development Center at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative. Now called the MassCyberCenter, the organization is helping institutions provide students with skills training for entry-level cybersecurity jobs, through a grant program called the Massachusetts Cybersecurity Workforce Challenge. Read more

Dean Says Gender Discrimination Led to Firing

A longtime dean at Lehigh Carbon Community College claims she was fired due to gender discrimination, according to a federal lawsuit. The lawsuit filed Thursday says Glynis Daniels was fired in May 2017 after serving since 2008 as the school’s associate dean of institutional research and effectiveness. She claims in the lawsuit her treatment at work changed […]

N.J. Governor Announces First Step Toward Free College

CRANFORD – Ocean County College was one of thirteen community colleges chosen for Gov. Phil Murphy’s “Community College Innovation Challenge,” which will provide the institutions $250,000 grants each for student outreach, recruitment and support at no cost to more than 13,000 eligible students statewide. The pilot program will start for the Spring 2019 semester. It […]

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College of Southern Maryland

Dean of Business and Technologies (Reg FT)

Community College of Allegheny County

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New River Community College

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