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Weekend College Programs Offers Flexibility

With Craven Community College’s (Craven CC) fall semester set to begin in less than a month, the Weekend College program available at the college’s Havelock campus has started registering students who need a flexible learning schedule. This program gives students the opportunity to earn an associate degree in three semesters by going to school online […]

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Industry, Education Leaders Make a Promise

Dr. Matt Johnson had the floor, as they say, during a meeting to discuss what would become “The Cherokee County Promise,” an incentive program for students unveiled at Western Iowa Tech Community College in Cherokee on Wednesday. In essence, the program covers the cost of tuition and fees after financial aid has been applied for […]

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Partnership Creates Transfer Pathways for California’s Community College Students

California’s community college transfer students will now have access to a wider range of higher education opportunities through a first-ever partnership between the state’s community college system and private, independent institutions. The partnership between the California Community Colleges and the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (AICCU) expands transfer pathways to now give eligible […]

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What Paper? College Cuts Off Funds for Publication Almost No One Reads

BEND, Ore. — A community college in Oregon is cutting funding to its students newspaper because of lack of interest from both readers and potential student staff members. The Bulletin reported that a Central Oregon Community College spokesman, Ron Paradis, says most young people don’t read newspapers. The decision will effectively end publication of The […]

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College Unveils Student Housing

St. Clair County Community College will unveil its new student housing facility, dubbed “The Dock,” in early August. The new college housing at St. Clair County Community College is set to have a grand opening and open house on Aug. 3. Community members, students, faculty and alumni are invited to attend a grand opening and […]

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Let Witch Trials Be a Lesson

Before four-year colleges became unreasonably expensive, community colleges used to get a bad rep. These days, however, most students and outsiders agree that community college is an affordable alternative that provides quality education on par with (and often even exceeds) traditional schools. So of course you get the opportunity to take some interesting courses such […]

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‘Say Yes’ First Class: Degrees Earned, Dropout Problem Remains

The high school Class of 2013 was the first in Buffalo to benefit from Say Yes to Education, the nonprofit that promises graduates free tuition at state colleges and universities. Four years later, more than a quarter of those who enrolled in college that first year had earned either a bachelor’s or associate degree. That’s […]

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Summer Program Encourages STEM Students

The annual Summer Community College Opportunity for Research Experience (SCCORE) engages students from New Mexico community colleges intending to transfer to UNM in STEM fields and to give them a unique undergraduate research opportunity to learn and apply scientific practices in a working lab. SCCORE is supported by the New Mexico Alliance for Minority Participation […]

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Protestors Blast L.A. Trustees for Picking Man Over 3 Black Women

The board room was packed. The anger was palpable. For more than an hour, speaker after speaker blasted Los Angeles Community College District trustees this week for selecting a Latino man over African American women to fill a vacant board seat. The board’s choice of David Vela, a former Montebello school board member with deep […]

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College Keeps Accreditation, Gets Probation

LAS VEGAS, N.M. — Luna Community College in New Mexico learned it will retain its national accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission. The Las Vegas Optic reports the commission, in a letter received by the college Monday, announced it is ending the show-cause order it issued to Luna last November and is placing the college […]

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Maryland Campuses Get Cyber Warrior Diversity Program

A new bill establishing the Cyber Warrior Diversity Program at Baltimore City Community College, Bowie State University, Coppin State University, Morgan State University, and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore took effect July 1, 2018. Maryland Lt. Governor Boyd Rutherford and Maryland Higher Education Commission Secretary James D. Fielder announced the partnership at a recent […]

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Northeast Ohio Colleges Form a Compact

Youngstown State University is among nine public colleges and universities in northeast Ohio that have teamed up to create a consortium agreement to improve efficiency and effectiveness, strengthen educational offerings, provide collaborative pathways to degrees and support the region’s workforce. The agreement — known as the Northeast Ohio Regional Higher Education Compact — brings together […]

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