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Bond Approval Clears Way for Aviation Campus

Now that its $65 million bond referendum was passed by voters Tuesday, Forsyth Technical Community College will move forward on a series of capital projects including a $16 million aviation training center at Smith Reynolds Airport in Winston-Salem, extensive renovations to the school’s main campus and additions such as a new library and technology-driven design […]

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Texas Petitioners Want New Community College

Tuesday is not only election day, but it is the first day of a petition drive that could lead to a Brazos County vote whether to create a new community college taxing district. A committee of the Research Valley Partnership (RVP) economic development agency says at the same time, talks continue with Blinn College to […]

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Higher Ed Is Being Upended By Dwindling Funding

In a panel during the annual meeting of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Monday, college leaders from around the country agreed: the biggest challenge facing public higher education today is the dwindling state support for the enterprise. Beyond that, however, finding ways to reassert the value of the degrees they offer was the […]

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Connecticut Sets Standards for Armed Campus Police

HARTFORD >> The state board that oversees community colleges in Connecticut has approved a process for community colleges to form armed police forces on campus. The Hartford Courant reports the action by the Board of Regents for Higher Education follows passage of a bill by the General Assembly earlier this year that opens the door […]

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College President Discusses Students’ Needs

For a room with several dozen brightly colored balloons and a buffet, the small auditorium at Southwest Tennessee Community College on Macon Cove got very quiet last week when SWTCC president Tracy D. Hall began talking about her 14-month tenure as leader of the city’s community college. “We’ve allowed students to come onto campus and […]

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California Prop 55 Would Benefit Schools

With Gov. Jerry Brown vowing to cut $6 billion in funding to K–12 schools and community colleges if they didn’t approve a temporary tax increase, voters in 2012 passed Proposition 30, raising the state sales tax and personal income tax on the wealthiest Californians. Now, Californians are being asked to extend for a dozen years […]

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Ohio Colleges Partner with Online University

COLUMBUS Ohio – Ohio’s community college graduates can seamlessly transfer to the online Western Governors University and receive discounted tuition toward a bachelor’s degree under a new partnership announced by the Ohio Association of Community Colleges. The agreement, announced Tuesday, extends online, competency-based learning opportunities to all graduates, offers a tuition discount to graduates and […]

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Texas Southmost College President Lily Tercero Fired

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The president of a South Texas community college has been fired amid issues with its vocational nursing program and a new windstorm insurance contract. Trustees of Texas Southmost College in Brownsville voted September 19 to dismiss President Lily Tercero. The college earlier this year was put on “conditional approval status” by the […]

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NSF Funds Pilot to Boost STEM

Cal State Fullerton has been awarded nearly $300,000 from the National Science Foundation for a two-year pilot project to scale up an existing program that provides a pathway for underrepresented community college students to earn bachelor’s degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields at a four-year university. The National Science Foundation this week […]

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Board Approves Merger of 3 Alabama Colleges

Trustees of the state’s community college system have approved the merger of three south Alabama colleges. The Alabama Community College Board of Trustees unanimously approved the consolidation September 14. Faulkner State Community College, Alabama Southern Community College and Jefferson Davis Community College will be merged. The new multi-campus institution will be known as Coastal Alabama […]

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Enrollment Fraud Alleged at Oklahoma College

OKLAHOMA CITY —Two Oklahoma City Community College employees have been suspended amid an investigation into allegations of enrollment fraud at the institution. The Oklahoman reports that the two employees were suspended with pay on Aug. 11, the same day a judge authorized the seizure of seven computers during a search at the OCCC Family and […]

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Committee Suggests Kirtland Take over University Center

GAYLORD — Kirtland Community College will become the new operator of the University Center Gaylord facility starting in January 2017, if a number of boards support the recommendation of a steering committee. The committee, featuring representatives from Kirtland, the University Center’s Board of Directors and Otsego County, has worked on creating a sustainable future for […]

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