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Arizona Faculty Association Files Complaint

TEMPE, AZ – When the Maricopa Community College System decided to undergo a “transformation,” many teachers felt they had been cut off from decision-making after that. But now, the Faculty Association has released nearly 250 pages of some serious accusations. The Association complained to the Higher Learning Commission, which is the accreditation body. In the complaint, […]

Auditor Demands 2 Former College Employees Return $750,000

JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi auditor is demanding that two former community college employees repay nearly $1 million to the state. Most of that is for public money the auditor says was misspent from January 2013 to September 2017 on personal items, including shoes, watches and a chandelier. Auditor Shad White on Monday announced the […]

Workforce Development

Tennessee Colleges Out Front on Reforms, Columbia U. Study Says

Tennessee’s community colleges are “probably the furthest along in implementing guided pathways reforms” of any community college system in the nation, according to a new study by Columbia University in New York City that was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. “All 13 Tennessee community colleges are reforming their programs, policies, and processes […]

Illinois Bill to Expand Dual-Credit Classes

In an effort to make the cost of college more affordable, State Senator Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant has initiated a law that will increase accessibility for dual-credit classes in the state of Illinois. “After listening to parents and realizing dual-credit was becoming more and more of an option, we needed to solidify the relationship from high schools […]

Lawmakers Offer Bill to Curb Criminal Record Check-Off

U.S. Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced on Sept. 13, 2018, the Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act, new legislation that would encourage colleges and universities to remove criminal and juvenile justice questions from their admissions applications and give more Americans a chance to earn a higher education. […]

‘Engage the Election’ Grant Awarded to Allegany College

Allegany College of Maryland was awarded a $1,850 grant for participation in Engage the Election: 2018 through Campus Compact’s newest community college engagement initiative, The Democracy Commitment (TDC). Students can participate in TDC’s National Voter Registration Day Contest, be part of a deliberative dialogue forum on Sept. 21 focused on the Parker Palmer book “Healing […]

Cuomo: All N.Y. Public Colleges Will Have Food Pantries

Every State University of New York and City University of New York campus will have a food pantry or similar program by the end of the fall semester, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. The food pantries are part of Cuomo’s “No Student Goes Hungry” initiative that he announced in his 2018 State of the State […]

District Offers Free Tuition for First-Time, Full-Time Students

There’s not just the Richmond Promise. Now, local students have access to the California College Promise. First-time, full-time students can receive free tuition for up to one year at Contra Costa College, Diablo Valley College and Los Medanos College effective Monday, Aug. 27, the first day of the new school year, the Contra Costa Community […]

Workforce Development

Veto in N.J. Halves $1B Bonds for Vo-Tech, Community Colleges

Gov. Phil Murphy has blocked the Legislature’s push to issue $1 billion in bonds for school upgrades statewide, instead opting to halve the amount to $500 million that the state could borrow. Murphy’s conditional veto of Senate Bill 2293, formally called the “Security Our Children’s Future Bond Act,” bounces the bill back to the state […]

Workforce Development

Rating Best and Worst Colleges for Certificates

Earlier this year, Donald Trump said this to a group of Republican lawmakers: “Today you have community colleges and you have all of the—when I was growing up we had vocational schools . . . You learn mechanical, you learn bricklaying and carpentry and all of these things. We don’t have that very much anymore. […]

W.Va. Official Warns Students of College Aid Scams

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey reminded students and parents via a statement to be careful about sharing personal information when applying for student aid and scholarship opportunities. Since many high school seniors and college students rely on some form of financial aid to assist with the cost of tuition and other college-related […]

Sacramento Offers $500,000 in Grants to Support Transfers

A new initiative at Sacramento State to help transfer students graduate on time has just gotten a major boost. More than $500,000 in grant money will support the “Through in Two: Leveraging the Associate Degree for Transfer” program. It is a partnership among Sacramento State, the Los Rios Community College District, the Sacramento Region Community […]

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College of Southern Maryland

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