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Randolph Community College Wipes Away Outstanding Balances for Hundreds of Students

A local community college is giving several students a fresh start. Randolph Community College wiped the outstanding balance debt for around 200 students, totaling almost $113,000. Any student who was enrolled at the college between March 2020 until the end of the summer 2021 semester was eligible for this. Read More

August 6, 2021

Community College of Philadelphia To Require Vaccines, the First Public College in the Region To Do So

The Community College of Philadelphia became the first public college in the region Friday to say it will require students and staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to return to campus. But the requirement, which will allow exemptions for medical and religious reasons, won’t be in place for the start of the semester. Faculty and […]

August 6, 2021

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Virginia Community Colleges To Require Masks Indoors

Community colleges in Virginia will require staff and students to wear masks indoors in light of new guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week and the rapid spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus. In the CDC’s updated guidance on masking last week, it recommended that fully vaccinated people wear […]

August 6, 2021

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Dr. Jianping Wang Announces Plan to Leave Mercer County Community College

Mercer County Community College (MCCC) president Dr. Jianping Wang announced Friday that she would retire after her contract expires next summer. Wang, who is president of the New Jersey college, had previously expressed a desire to remain on through the schools’ reaccreditation process, which will be completed in spring 2023. Wang’s resignation letter mentioned her […]

August 3, 2021

Kankakee Community College To Offer a Free Class To Vaccinated Students in Fall 2021

Kankakee Community College will offer students showing their vaccination card and student ID one free class during the Fall 2021. “We want to do our part in the community to mitigate COVID,” said Beth Nunley, KCC’s vice president for business affairs. “Offering an incentive for the vaccine will help encourage our students to be better […]

August 3, 2021

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University of Northern Iowa Inks Transfer Deal With Full Illinois Community College System

Total new undergraduate transfers to the University of Northern Iowa have dropped nearly 40 percent over the past decade — with a coinciding drop in transfer students from Iowa community colleges — and now UNI is looking elsewhere to boomerang its numbers. UNI on Monday unveiled a new articulation agreement with the entire Illinois Community […]

August 3, 2021

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New Law Will Help Some Community College Students Be Automatically Enrolled at U of Illinois

Get good grades, get into the U of I. That will soon be automatic for community college students. A new law says those at Illinois community colleges with a B-average or better will automatically qualify to transfer to any campus of the University of Illinois. Those at community colleges say it’s great. They say it […]

August 3, 2021

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Panel Focuses on Providing Support to Black Male Students During the Pandemic

Since March 2020, Dr. Linda Garcia has been investigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on community college students. Garcia is the executive director of the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCSSE), and she noticed that, although the pandemic has negatively affected all students, Black students have been impacted the most. Garcia and the […]

July 30, 2021

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College Promise Programs Launch Innovative Solutions to Achieve Economic Mobility

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment in the United States reached 14.8% in April 2020. Given the high number of hiring freezes and job losses, post-secondary enrollment and revenue plummeted. Earning an education was no longer attainable or affordable for many potential and current students. Now, as the nation turns toward recovery, College […]

July 30, 2021

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Ivy Tech Community College Partnering With Youth Home to Provide Easier Access to Education

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) – Ivy Tech Community College is partnering with the United Methodist Youth Home to allow students an easier path to college. The partnership will allow those at the Youth Home to work towards achieving their High School Equivalency, while also earning college credit at Ivy Tech. All is being provided at no […]

July 30, 2021

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500 LA Community College Students to Receive Grant For DACA Application Fee

Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Thursday that 500 community college students in Los Angeles will receive a grant to pay the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) application fee thanks to a partnership between the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles, the Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges and the Los Angeles Community College District. The […]

July 30, 2021

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Tiffin University Joins Consortium To Improve Student Transitions From Community College

Tiffin University is one of 14 independent colleges and universities participating in the new Ohio Consortium for Transfer Pathways to the Liberal Arts. This grant-funded effort is to improve the transition process for students who transfer from a community college to a private four-year institution. Established by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) and the […]

July 27, 2021

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Wallace State Community College Pays off More Than 600 Students’ Tuition

Wallace State Community College has now cleared the outstanding account balances for 644 students from the past semester. The college announced the tuition forgiveness Tuesday saying the school used funding from the US Department of Education’s Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) to pay off more than $585,000. WSCC says this was done to help […]

July 27, 2021

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Community College of Philadelphia Is Paying off Tuition Debt With Emergency Relief Funds

Many Philadelphia Community College students are finding relief as they check their college accounts this week. The Community College of Philadelphia is paying off any outstanding tuition debt for about 3,500 students. Any student who was enrolled at the college between March 13, 2020, at the start of the pandemic, until the end of last […]

July 27, 2021

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Three Virginia Community College Name Changes Approved

Virginia’s State Board for Community Colleges approved name changes at two community colleges Tuesday, as well as a slight alteration to a third college’s name. John Tyler Community College will now be known as Brightpoint Community College. Lord Fairfax Community College will now be known as Laurel Ridge Community College. Read More

July 27, 2021

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Maine Community College System Will Not Require COVID-19 Vaccine

The Maine Community College System does not plan to require its students to be vaccinated in the fall even if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the vaccine for general use, spokesperson Noel Gallagher said Friday. The policy contrasts with that of Maine’s other college system, The University of Maine System. The seven UMaine universities will […]

July 23, 2021

State Board Approves New Name for Patrick Henry Community College

On Thursday, Virginia’s State Board of Community Colleges decided to let Patrick Henry Community College keep its name — for the most part. The community college will add an ampersand to its name and it will now be referred to as Patrick & Henry Community College. This change was made to recognize the counties that […]

July 23, 2021

Boston Community College, Jobs and Recovery Programs May See $2.3M Boost After Push From Rep. Ayanna Pressley

A trio of community programs in Boston may see a boost of more than $2 million in the next fiscal year, Rep. Ayanna Pressley announced this week. The proposed $2.3 million in federal funding for the city, if approved as part of the fiscal year 2022 federal budget, would expand Boston’s tuition-free community college program, bolster […]

July 23, 2021

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