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Ronald P. Gerhard Named Chabot-Las Positas District Interim Chancellor

Chabot-Las Positas Community College District Board of Trustees recently appointed Ronald P. Gerhard as the district’s interim chancellor. After conducting a national search and interviewing three finalists for the position, the board of trustees decided to not appoint a permanent chancellor, according to Independent News. Gerhard was not a candidate in the national search. “We […]

Housatonic Community College Fires Professor who Shouted Nazi Remarks, Gave Nazi Salute

Housatonic Community College president Dr. Paul Broadie II has announced the college has fired a business professor who allegedly compared education officials to Nazis at a faculty and administrators’ meeting by shouting in German and giving a Nazi salute for over 10 minutes. After looking into the incident, investigators found that assistant professor Charles Meyrick […]

JCPS, Simmons College Partner to Increase Teacher Diversity

Staying true to the mission of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU), Simmons College of Kentucky will partner with Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) to increase and retain the number of minority teachers in the district.

Macomb Community College to Begin Veterinary Assistant Program in Fall 2019 Semester

Beginning in September, students at Macomb Community College can enroll in a new nine-month, noncredit veterinary assistant certificate program. The program will prepare students to be able to help care for animals in a veterinary clinic or hospital and be an important part of a veterinary health care team, according to a Macomb release. Veterinary […]

Mott Community College Recieves MVAA Grant to Support Veterans Beginning College Career

Mott Community College (MCC) has received a Military Credit Equivalency grant from the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency (MVAA) to help veterans make the most of their military education as they begin their higher education career. Mott Community College is one of seven institutions that received over $258,000 in grant funds from the Michigan Veterans Affairs […]

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New John Wood Community College HVAC Program Approved

To address the shortage of trade skill workers in the area, John Wood Community College (JWCC) in Illinois has added a new Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) program that they hope will help meet that need. The HVAC and Refrigeration Service Technician certificate program was recently approved by the Illinois Community College Board and […]

Workforce Development

Report: Iowa’s Community Colleges See Decrease in Total Enrollment, Increase in Minority Enrollment

According to the Annual Condition of Iowa’s Community Colleges report, the state’s community college enrollment decreased by 1.2 percent in 2018, while tuition increased.

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Salt Lake Community College Partners with Cummins Inc. to Offer Apprentice Program

Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) has partnered with Cummins Inc. to train service technicians pursuing an associate of applied science degree through the Cummins’ Technician Apprentice Program at the Salt Lake’s Westpointe Workforce Training & Education Center. The program is a partnership between higher education and industry that offers training for a variation of diesel […]

California Community Colleges Board of Governors Names Exemplary Program Awards Recipient, Honorable Mentions

The California Community Colleges Board of Governors recently recognized Rio Hondo College as the recipient of the 2018-19 Exemplary Program Awards for its alternative fuels program. The schools that received honorable mentions include Riverside City College, Santa Barbara City College and Sierra College. “These colleges are successfully training students to combat climate change and sustainably […]

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West Virginia Community College Bill Passes First Step in Legislation Process

Senate Bill 1, legislation designed to provide greater access to community college career education and workforce training, has recently passed the West Virginia Senate Education Committee, but still has a ways to go before the possibility of becoming state legislation. The bill is also presented to the West Virginia Senate Finance Committee before it goes to the […]

New Maricopa County District President to Propose Bringing Back Faculty Negotiation Process

Dr. Linda M. Thor, newly elected president of the Maricopa County Community College District Governing Board, has announced she will soon propose to bring back a previous board decision that stopped a “meet and confer” faculty negotiation process that the board ended last year. “Meet and confer” was previously used to negotiate faculty salaries and […]

Heartland Community College Board Contemplate Increase in Tuition, Fees

Heartland Community College’s Board of Trustees are considering an increase to tuition and fees beginning next fall as a result of a recent deficit in the college’s budget that is projected to continue next year.

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