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Amazon Teams With Colleges on Cloud Computing Certificate

Amazon.com Inc.’s Amazon Web Services is collaborating with 19 Los Angeles-area community colleges and high schools to launch a regionally recognized cloud computing certificate. The collaboration, the California Cloud Workforce Project, is the first time a group of community colleges have offered a cloud computing certificate in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN), according […]

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NJ County Weighs Jumping on the ‘Free’ Bandwagon

Sussex County Community College officials are weighing the pros and cons of a new initiative announced by Gov. Phil Murphy that would offer free tuition to participating state community colleges for low-income students. SCCC President Jon Connolly said Wednesday night that details of the Community College Innovation Challenge, a pilot program launched Tuesday, are still […]

Hospital Offers Job to Homeless Student

HARTFORD, Conn. — Daisia Kai Walker, a 21-year-old college student who hasn’t had a steady place to sleep for months, tries to take life one day at a time. Sometimes, it all moves too fast for the aspiring criminal justice major “trying to figure out everything.” But Walker knows where she’ll be on Sept. 17 […]

How UC – Riverside Added 8,225 Transfers

No one in Jessica Troupe’s family had ever been to college before, but she knew it was the path for her. She also knew there was a lot she didn’t know — including how to pay for it. The Moreno Valley native enrolled in a single class at Moreno Valley College in 2010, then found […]

Support Builds for System to Track Progress In California

California needs a statewide system that tracks student performance from pre-school to college and beyond, several experts and lawmakers said at a state Senate hearing on Tuesday. The state, which trails most states in providing such a system, needs to be able to answer questions about education quality and how students progress from K-12 to college and […]

College and Google Partner on Tech Certificate

CANTON, Ohio — Stark State College has partnered with Google to offer a new information technology certificate. The five-course certificate — designed to be completed online — takes about eight months to complete. Courses include technical support fundamentals, computer networking, major operating systems, system administration and security. Read More

’15 to Finish’ scholarship Offered in Kentucky

VERSAILLES, Ky. — A new scholarship is available to students enrolled in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. A statement from the school system says the 15 to Finish scholarship will pay $500 to students who successfully complete 15 credit hours in a semester and sign up for 15 hours the following semester. Officials […]

College Scraps Traditional Textbooks

When students step on the Warren County Community College campus in January, they can be sure of one thing — they will NOT be spending hundreds of dollars on course textbooks and other materials. In fact, the tab for a whole year won’t even reach $150. Through a first-of-its-kind partnership, the two-year school has overhauled […]

California’s Online College Will Break Ground

California’s online community college will represent a new vision for higher education when it launches next year and the online education field is watching to see whether it succeeds. The new fully online college draws from a variety of sources, including public universities’ online degree programs, corporate worker training initiatives and programs at for-profit colleges. […]

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First Inmates Graduate from Wesleyan Program

CHESHIRE, Conn. — Roberto Alvarado has lived with the label of convicted killer for almost two decades. On Wednesday he added another label – college graduate. Alvardao, who is serving a 50-year felony murder sentence for a 1999 shooting in Danbury, received an associate of science degree. He is part of the first graduating class […]

Freshman Football Player Dies after First Practice

An incoming Garden City Community College freshman football player died hours after the first day of practice. The Garden City Telegram reports a teammate found 19-year-old Braeden Bradforth in his dorm Wednesday night in medical distress. Bradforth was transported to St. Catherine Hospital where he died about two hours after he was found. GCCC Head […]

Summer Melt: What Happened to the Poor Kids?

Every spring, millions of students graduate high school with every intention of attending college. By the fall, an astounding portion of them never show up to college. This phenomenon is so common it has a name: “summer melt.” And the effects are stronger for students from a lower socioeconomic background. Read More

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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