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Regents Approve Expanded Budget Requests from Connecticut Community Colleges, Universities

Board of Regents for Higher Education in Connecticut has approved three expansion item requests for the state’s community college and universities for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021. The three expansion items requested amount to about $41 million. Read More

Dual Credit Programs Could Be Legislated by Texas Lawmakers

Dual-credit enrollment, a process that allows students to earn college credits while in high school, will be on the agenda of the 86th Texas Legislature. Ninety-three percent of all dual-credit enrollment is at community colleges. Read more

Workforce Development

Local Workforce Investment Board Commits $289,199 to Connecticut College’s Success Program

Northwest Connecticut Community College has received $289,199 from the Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board to fund the college’s Team Success Scholar program for the 2018-2019 school year. About $2 million has been infused into the college over a 15-year period through the program, which helps students obtain workforce credentials while offering career and college exploration. […]

New Jersey Governor Announces Community College Opportunity Grant Recipients

Thirteen New Jersey schools were chosen as pilots for the first stage of the new Community College Opportunity Grant program. Students who earn less than $45,000 and take six or more credits in the Spring 2019 semester are eligible to receive the grant. Read more

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Hispanic-Serving Community College in Colorado Receives $2.4 Million Diverse Education Grant

Pueblo Community College President Patty Erjavec says the school she leads has a recipe for success. And after hearing that PCC was the recipient of a five-year, $2.4 million Title V grant from the U.S. Department of Education, she said the success can develop even more. “We are very excited because we have not received […]

Detroit Area Community College Says Tax Proposal Needed to Sustain Operations

It’s natural when you hit your 50s to take action to strengthen your financial security. Such is the case for Wayne County Community College District this year as it observes its Golden Anniversary and asks voters to approve a tax proposal to sustain operations. The college is seeking approval Nov. 6 to combine and continue […]

Workforce Development

Doylestown, PA Community College Plans $14 million Training Center

A new $14 million building planned for Bucks County Community College’s Gene & Marlene Epstein campus in Bristol Township will enhance and expand the college’s jobs training programs and help fill the “skills gap” for local and regional manufacturers and businesses, according to college and county officials. Speaking during a brief ceremony on the campus […]

Delaware Community College Receives Largest Grant in Its History

Cape Fear Community College was awarded a $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the largest grant the school has ever received. The Title III grant will be used for staffing and equipment to assist students, according to a news release Tuesday. The school has already received its first payment of $396,518, with […]

University of California System Enrollment Increases, UC Berkeley’s Decreases

The UC system admitted a record number of transfer students for the 2018-19 academic year — the number admitted at UC Berkeley, however, decreased. UC Berkeley’s transfer admits dropped 5.4 percent from 4,752 admits in 2017 to 4,495 in 2018, according to data from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions in August 2018. Overall admission dropped 11.2 percent […]

Workforce Development

Hartford Businesses, Colleges Form Synergetic Relationships

Kiley Russell’s story was all too familiar. In her mid-20s, with some college experience and lots of student-loan debt, Russell spent time waitressing and bartending while she searched for a rewarding career she could sink her teeth into. She went back to school last year, but rather than study anthropology or sociology like she had […]

Detroit Community College Partners, Now Competes With Local University

Half of the billboard has a green background with the words “start here” written in white. The other half has a black background, with the the words “finish here” written in gold. The words in somewhat smaller type on each half are maybe more interesting. Under the “start here” are the words “Oakland Community College” […]

Senator Reed to Help Launch New Training for building Submarines

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – U.S. Sen. Jack Reed is helping to kick off a new apprenticeship program for people who want to help build submarines. General Dynamics Electric Boat has facilities in Rhode Island and Connecticut. The submarine manufacturer has said it needs to hire many more employees to help build ballistic-missile and attack submarines. The […]

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Executive Director, Foundation and Institutional Advancement

Cerritos College

Associate Vice Chancellor, Information Systems and Operations

Foothill-De Anza Community College District

Associate Dean of Nursing Program

Community Colleges of Spokane

Amanda Fuchs Miller

What Colleges and Universities Should Take Away from What Happened at UVA

Moody's: Federal Policies on International Students Pose Credit Risk to Higher Ed Sector

Report: U.S. Faces Annual 712,000 Middle-Skills Credential Shortage

Michigan Task Force Unveils 12 Recommendations to Address College Student Basic Needs