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New Provost Named at Grand Rapids Community College

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Brian Knetl will be Grand Rapids Community College’s next provost and executive vice president for academic and student affairs, President Bill Pink announced Thursday, Aug. 8. Knetl comes from Harper College in Palatine, Illinois, where he has been interim provost since July. He had been the associate provost since 2014 and […]

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Holyoke Community College President Christina Royal Makes Kindness Challenge

Decluttering. You know the deal. The closet is crammed with coats and jackets you haven’t worn for years, if not decades. You have drawers filled with things you’ve forgotten you had. Time to make a trip to Goodwill (or your favorite charity shop) in hopes your castoffs can find new life with someone else. Holyoke […]

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Rethinking Remedial Education in the Nation’s Community Colleges

Many higher education researchers and student-success advocates have long criticized no-credit remedial or developmental education in community colleges as a “trap” – an unintentional barrier to student success, particularly for its impact on low-income and minority students’ persistence and completion outcomes. Because placement into remedial courses often relies on the use of a single placement […]

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Retired Community College President To Be GTCC’s Interim Leader

The trustees of Guilford Technical Community College have picked a retired community college president to serve as its interim leader. GTCC on Friday announced that Gordon Burns will become interim president Aug. 1 pending approval from the State Board of Community Colleges. Currect President Randy Parker will retire July 31, and Burns will stay until […]

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Commission Has More Questions About Community College Merger Plan

As the controversial plan to merge the state’s 12 community college inches forward, the accrediting body overseeing the process has laid out a new to-do list. The guidance comes in a six-page response to the state’s latest 90-page progress report. In its response, the New England Commission on Higher Education asks for more details on how […]

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California’s Online Community College Plans To Open In Fall To Limited Group

Opening day for California’s first online community college is 10 weeks away, but that doesn’t mean the public will be able to enroll — at least not this year. College officials had announced that fall registration would begin this summer for the state’s 115th community college, the first fully online public school in the state. But instead […]