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Cuyahoga Community College Offers Free COVID-19 Testing on All Campuses

With students heading back to the classroom and college campuses, keeping everyone safe and healthy is a priority. A community college in Northeast Ohio is doing its part by offering free COVID-19 testing. Cuyahoga Community College partnered with Care Alliance to make this free testing available not only to students and staff, but to the […]

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Fresno-Area Community Colleges Likely to Remain Online in Spring

Community colleges in the Fresno area will continue online distance learning in the spring, an early – and surprising – departure from other higher education institutions in the region. The State Center Community College District announced Thursday that the spring semester classes will be taught mostly online, owing to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Fresno City […]

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Ivy Tech Community College Sees a Decrease in Enrollment in Central Indiana This Fall

Fall enrollment at Ivy Tech Community College has dropped 12 to 13% in its Central Indiana Service Area compared to last fall. Sue Ellspermann, the president of Ivy Tech Community College, said the decrease isn’t due to just one category of students, but first-time students are among those that have seen a decrease in enrollment. Enrollment has […]

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Kentucky Community College System Breaks Record for Credentials Awarded

When the Kentucky Community and Technical College system moved to online instruction in March as the coronavirus hit the state, Jacqueline Jones had her concerns. The co-president of the Black Student Union at Jefferson Community and Technical College worried her classes would turn to busy work and her professors, with whom she was used to having a one-on-one connection, […]

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Holyoke Community College Offering Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing

For the next three weeks, Holyoke Community College will offer free COVID-19 tests to the public as part of the state’s Stop the Spread initiative. The drive-thru testing site will offer tests beginning on Wednesday and will continue to administer them daily through Sept. 12. Read More

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Hormel Offers Two-Year College Benefit to Employees’ Children

Hormel Foods Corp. announced Tuesday that it will pay the tuition of a two-year college for any of its employees’ children, reflecting a growing awareness among major U.S. corporations of the role they can play in addressing systemic racial and economic inequality. The program is designed to be inclusive, without a GPA or test score […]

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Dr. Diana Doyle to Retire as President June 2021

Dr. Diana Doyle, president of Arapahoe Community College (ACC), announced that she will retire in June 2021, the school reported. During her presidency, which will span over 11 years upon retirement, ACC established support services for veterans and students with disabilities and created three health service bachelor’s degree programs. Additionally, Doyle oversaw the building of […]

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Tracy Stokes Is Building a Culture of Diversity and Inclusion at NKY College

Like most of us, Tracy Stokes has spent the last quarter adjusting. The director of diversity, equity and inclusion at Gateway Community and Techincal College in Florence adjusted to the “new normal” as a result of COVID-19. Adjusted to learning how to conduct successful online meetings. Adjusted to a new role as something of a comforter to students […]

Leadership

Waubonsee Community College Furloughs 36 Employees

Waubonsee Community College has made changes in its workforce by furloughing 36 employees. Employees were notified on Monday about the furloughs, which were pending approval by the college’s board of trustees at its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday. The furloughs will take effect Aug. 31. Read More

Workforce Development

Colleges Respond to Demand for More Nurses Through Partnership for Four-Year Degree

MARINETTE, Wis. (WBAY) – The coronavirus has put increasing demands on the health care industry in the past several months. This comes as the Administrators of Nursing Education of Wisconsin predicts a shortage of 27,000 nurses in the state in the next 20 years. Two colleges are trying to address those concerns with new options […]

Workforce Development

Community Colleges, Facing Major Enrollment Drops, Prep for a Virtual Fall Semester

Community colleges typically face a predictable calculus: Unemployment goes up, more people seek job training and affordable tuition, so enrollment rises. The economy improves, unemployment goes down, and enrollment drops. But the coronavirus pandemic has broken all the rules. Despite high unemployment, Thomas Nelson and Tidewater community colleges are facing significant enrollment declines. As of […]

Technology

Wayne County Community College Moves All Fall 2020 Courses to Virtual Instruction

DETROIT – Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD) leaders have decided to move all Fall 2020 semester courses to “alternative virtual modalities.” The college said there will be “a very small number” of exceptions for health science and career education courses that require hands-on learning experiences. Read More

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