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Alabama Community College Using Stimulus Funds To Offer Students up to $1,500

An Alabama community college is offering students – including high schoolers taking dual enrollment classes – up to $1,500 via its stimulus funds. Calhoun Community College in Decatur announced it will distribute some $7.8 million to students taking courses this fall semester. The money comes from the federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, part of […]

Study: Higher Education Funding in Virginia Distributed Inequitably

With five of the 11 worst public colleges for working class and low-income student enrollment being located in Virginia, researchers at Education Reform Now (ERN) are putting a public spotlight on higher education within the state. Earlier this year, the first report “Scratching the Surface: De Facto Segregation by Race & Class in Virginia Higher […]

California Community Colleges Chancellor to Temporarily Advise U.S. Ed Secretary

California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley will temporarily advise U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on higher education policy, reports The Los Angeles Times. Oakley will step aside from his role on July 26 and return this fall, with Deputy Chancellor Daisy Gonzales filling in the position. In helping the Biden administration achieve its higher education priorities, […]

Virginia’s Community Colleges System Has a New Goal: Total Equity

Every six years, Virginia’s Community Colleges System (VCCS) sets a new strategic goal for itself. Its latest goal, “Opportunity 2027,” is quite ambitious. Its main objective is that the states’ community colleges “will achieve equity in access, learning outcomes, and success for students from every race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic group.” Read More

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Leadership Change Announced at Bishop State Community College

The current executive vice president of Bishop State Community College is now its interim president after the current president announced his retirement from the position on Wednesday. Lawrence Brandyburg was appointed as the new leader of the community college based in downtown Mobile by Alabama Community College System (ACCS) Chancellor Jimmy Baker. Former president Regional […]

Cultural Competence, Equity Practices Key Themes of Campus Prevention Network Summit

Stepping onto Paul Quinn College’s campus for the first time as president in 2007, Dr. Michael J. Sorrell faced a school on the verge of closure. The historically Black college in Dallas held a mere 1% graduation rate and hovered at about a 30% retention rate. This made recruiting high-quality faculty members difficult. But facing […]

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Fall 2019 Freshman Class: How COVID Impacted Re-Enrollment

The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s report on retention and persistence rates for the fall 2019 freshman cohort, shows a marked decrease in return enrollment and is a direct reflection of the pandemic-related struggles experienced by first-year higher education students during the onset of COVID-19. Latinx students, part-time students, and community colleges were hardest hit. […]

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ACCT Offers New Ways for Rural and Tribal Colleges to Connect and Grow

Rural colleges and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) could be strengthened by federal and statewide efforts to make broadband connection a telecommunications utility, through better funding, and more support for student’s basic mental health care needs. That’s the findings of the Association of Community College Trustees (AACT), who spent 18 months researching the issue at […]

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Roueche Center Forum: Toward Gender Equality in Technology Careers

COVID-19 has demonstrated that technology is a bridge to sustaining a degree of normalcy in our lives. Institutions were able to switch almost overnight to online instruction and services only because of advances in technology, showing how critical having prepared professionals to address world problems is. According to the 2021 study “Women Chief Technology Officers […]

California Community College Students Will Soon Be Required To Take Ethnic Studies

A new course requirement in ethnic studies is officially coming to California’s community colleges. The board of governors overseeing the state’s 116 community colleges voted unanimously Monday to amend the system’s general education requirements by adding an ethnic studies class. The requirement will be in place for students pursuing an associate degree and could take […]

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Latest ‘Menstrual Equity’ Bill Would Require California’s Public Colleges To Provide Period Products

University of California Davis senior Audin Leung has spent their entire college career championing a novel concept — free period products throughout campuses. “People are surprised, or they think it’s a radical idea, but it’s not a very radical idea because it’s a basic need,” Leung said. Leung started advocating for better access to menstrual […]

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Fall 2019 Freshman Class: How COVID Impacted Re-Enrollment

The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s report on retention and persistence rates for the fall 2019 freshman cohort, shows a marked decrease in return enrollment and is a direct reflection of the pandemic-related struggles experienced by first-year higher education students during the onset of COVID-19. Latinx students, part-time students, and community colleges were hardest hit. […]

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