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Associate’s Degree in Cowboy Arts now Available at Mesalands Community College
Students at Mesalands Community College, located in Tucumcari, New Mexico, will now be able to pursue an associate’s degree program in Cowboy Arts. The program started around eight years ago as one class, a spur making class, and recently evolved into an associates of applied science degree, Cowboy Arts lead instructor Eddy Mardis told ABC7 […]
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Report Outlines Persistence of Community College Transfer Students
A new report from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation (JKCF) aims to dispel misperceptions about the success and perseverance of community college students, particularly those who transfer to selective four-year institutions.
Workforce Development
New Workforce Development Program at Onondaga Community College Helps Individuals Prepare for a new Career
SUNY Onondaga Community College is offering a new workforce development program which helps those interested in pursuing a career in trade with workforce development opportunities and short term hands-on training that will help prepare them for a new career. The new program will train students for positions that are in high demand in Syracuse and […]
Technology
University of Hawaiʻi Community College Students can Pursue Online Degree Program
Beginning this year, students at the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) can now pursue a degree entirely consisting of online courses, giving working students more flexibility to achieve their goal of earning a degree. The online degree program will be launched in phases over the course of two years for certain degrees. Each online course will run […]
Leadership
Environmental Advocate, Scholar Receives Educator of the Year Award
Dr. Tara Jo Holmberg, an environmental advocate and scholar, was named the 2018 New England Formal Educator of the Year by the New England Environmental Education Association (NEEA).
Leadership
Muskegon Community College Purchases Former Funeral Home as new Campus Location
Muskegon Community College (MCC) will begin holding classes at a refurbished former funeral home in the fall in efforts of making a permanent investment in the Grand Haven, Michigan community. Currently, MCC’s Grand Haven campus holds classes at the Grand Haven Community Center. After purchasing the Clock Life Story Funeral Home, the campus will move […]
Leadership
Louisiana College, LCTCS Presidents Sign Agreement to Help Community College Grads Transition to Four-Year Degree
Louisiana College president Dr. Rick Brewer and the Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS) president Dr. Monty Sullivan have signed a transfer agreement that will ensure that the coursework of LCTCS students transferring to Louisiana College is accepted. Central Louisiana Technical and Community College students will also benefit from the agreement. Under the new […]
Leadership
Black Student Athletes Sue Community College District After Cutting Football Program
Eleven African-American student athletes have filed a federal lawsuit against the Maricopa County Community College (MCCC) District after the school decided to cut the JUCO football program after the 2018 season. The MCCC District, the largest community college system in Arizona, made the announcement in February 2018 citing the systems need to refocus their spending […]
Workforce Development
Southwestern Michigan College Stops State Lawsuit After New Legislation Passed
A lawsuit filed on Jan. 4 by Southwestern Michigan College (SMC) against the Michigan’s Office of the Auditor General was dropped after a new law changed how community colleges in the state should give to a state-run teacher retirement program. The college decided to file the suit after an investigation by Michigan’s Office of the […]
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Is there a link between Trump’s Post-Election Behavior and Adolescent Bullying?
Although the level of overall teasing and bullying has decreased across the country since 2005, there has been an unusual uptick in the number of teasing and bullying incidents related to race and sexual orientation since the 2016 presidential election, with some students making comments linked to President Donald Trump.
Academics
Proposed New Hampshire Career Academy Program Would Help Student Obtain Degree Tuition-Free
At his second inaugural address, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu promised the creation of the New Hampshire Career Academy, a partnership involving community colleges, employers and local high schools that will allow driven and capable students to pursue a tuition-free associate degree. If the initiative goes as planned over the following year, it could potentially […]
Leadership
More DREAMs come true in California: How tuition waivers opened doors for undocumented students
California decided to crack open the door to higher education a little more for undocumented students through the California DREAM Act. In a new study of the impact of this 2013 policy, education researcher Samantha Astudillo and I discovered that it helped put undocumented students on equal footing with students who are U.S. citizens in […]
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