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From Prison to College – Consortium to Open Doors

Prison changed Jose Bou’s life in a way he never expected. While serving a 12-year sentence for drug trafficking, Bou earned a bachelor’s degree from Boston University through a special program for incarcerated students. Since his release seven years ago, Bou has become a community college professor and a mentor to others caught up in […]

Texas Lawmakers Aim to Make Transfers Easier

Many Texas students enroll in community colleges hoping to eventually transfer to a university, but only about 20 percent of them end up doing it. And each year, students spend nearly $60 million in tuition, fees and other costs on excess courses that won’t help them earn a bachelor’s degree. The time wasted and mounting […]

Wake Tech Partnering With IBM on Blockchain Education

Wake Technical Community College, North Carolina’s largest community college system, is partnering with IBM to take the lead on blockchain education in one of the nation’s premier research regions. The college, which operates campuses and education centers throughout the state, is launching its first blockchain-focused course as a senior capstone class this fall. Blockchain is […]

Where Did America’s Dream of Free College Go?

Classrooms full of crying students. That’s how the scene is often described. In November 2005, at Kalamazoo Central High School in Michigan, every classroom was full of teary-eyed students—jubilant, but teary-eyed. They had good reason to be happy. The vice principal had just announced over the P.A. system that anonymous benefactors would be paying the […]

College Prepares for Funding Formula Tied to Student Success

When the Glendale Community College board ratifies its budget, as expected, at the next meeting Sept. 11, the 91-year institution will begin a new era of funding, one that is based on student success rather than enrollment size. The board held the first of two readings of the proposed 2018-19 budget earlier this month and […]

Nevada Waives Costs for Foster Children

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — For teenagers in the foster system the dream of a college education is often only a dream. Until now. The Nevada System of Higher Education is announcing a new program; waiving almost all fees for foster kids essentially giving them a free or nearly-free chance at college at community colleges or state-run […]

New Deal Offers Community College Grads a Price Break

JAMESTOWN — GTCC has a new deal to help its graduates earn a bachelor’s degree for no more than $10,000. The arrangement signed this week with Fayetteville State University — called the $10K Pathway Plan — is open to GTCC graduates who want to pursue one of these five degrees: criminal justice, fire and emergency […]

San Diego Promise Program Expands Its Reach

The timing was perfect for Claudia Osuna. The 47-year-old obtained her permanent U.S. residency and completed a GED program through San Diego City College’s Educational Cultural Complex. She now had the opportunity to go to college — a first in her family — but uncertainty remained. “I was scared,” said Osuna. “I didn’t know how […]

Michigan Parents Excited about Free College Plan

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Parents dropping off their children at Grand Rapids Public Schools Wednesday, Sept. 5, expressed excitement and relief about the Michigan Promise Zone designation and the potential for free college tuition. Superintendent Teresa Weatherall Neal announced Tuesday, Sept. 4, that Grand Rapids was approved as one of the 15 Michigan Promise Zones. […]

N.J. Colleges Compete for Pilot Program

Don Borden, Camden County College’s president, finds evidence of local financial struggles right outside his school’s Blackwood campus. “The perception is that poverty in our county is centered in the city of Camden, when, in reality, there are pockets of poverty in many parts, including the southern area, where our main campus is,” he said. […]

College Population Predicted to Fall More Than 15%

What does the declining birthrate mean for colleges and universities and the students who hope to get a college degree a decade from now? The answer depends on where you live in the United States and how selective the college is. For most colleges and universities, the outlook is grim. But that could be a […]

Banker Picks Up 2-Year College Tab for Graduating Class

The Luck Public Schools confirmed for KARE 11 that that Dennis Frandsen — a self-made success who now has 35 branches of Frandsen Bank and Trust in communities across Minnesota and Wisconsin — offered to pay for two years of technical college for all of Luck’s 34 prospective graduates this year. Few would question 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