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Leadership

City College to drop one third of class offerings over 7 years

City College of San Francisco administrators say they need to permanently cancel as much as a third of the school’s class offerings over the next several years to fix what they describe as 20-year structural budget problem. Read more

Workforce Development

Community College of Beaver County gets American Airlines grant

The Community College of Beaver County’s School of Aviation Sciences was one of only 17 aviation schools in the country to receive a grant from American Airlines. The school announced Wednesday that they had once again received a $25,000 grant for being a top “innovative aviation organization.” The funds would go toward the launch of […]

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Columbus State Community College program for deaf makes sure theater not lost in translation

It’s safe to say that most American Sign Language interpreters probably do little twerking while translating a live theatrical production for deaf audience members. Yet there was Lindsey Longbrake — hands on the ground, posterior in the air — backing it up on the Shadowbox Live stage on Friday night. What better way to interpret […]

Workforce Development

Federal grant to create jobs-training program at Stonehill College, Bridgewater State

EASTON —A new jobs-training program is coming to Stonehill College courtesy of a $570,000 federal grant and an emerging technology called integrated photonics. By using light, rather than electricity, to transmit and process information, proponents of the technology say it can speed up the transfer of data while using less energy, potentially revolutionizing the storage […]

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UH Community College students build rocket for potential NASA launch

University of Hawaiʻi Community College students are designing and building a rocket and payload to be launched from a NASA flight facility as part of the NASA Student Launch Competition. Ten UH students from Honolulu, Kapiʻolani and Windward Community Colleges and three from UH Mānoa comprise the Project Imua Mission 6 team. “The NASA Student […]

Leadership

SUNY Schenectady allies with Cazenovia College for education degrees

SCHENECTADY — Students at SUNY Schenectady will, starting in 2019, be able to get four-year teaching degrees thanks to an agreement with Cazenovia College that was reached on Monday. The concept is to let students who reside in Schenectady remain at home and get their bachelor’s in education, according to SUNY Schenectady President Steady Moono. […]

Leadership

Rethinking ‘Remedial’ Classes: Instead of Helping Students Catch Up, They Hold Them Back

In an effort to help disadvantaged students through college, both public schools and state officials have identified what may seem an unlikely bogeyman: the courses designed to help struggling students prepare for college-level material. Those catch-up courses — called “remedial” or “developmental” education — were set up with the best of intentions. Read more

Academics

BCC, UMD launch program to streamline path to bachelor’s degree

Bristol Community College and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth have signed a memorandum of understanding to launch the Plus Program: Bristol + UMassD. The program will provide students with access to associate and bachelor’s degree opportunities, and it will begin enrolling students in September 2019, according to a news release. “Students in our region deserve […]

Finance

LCCC’s SAIL program provides help for low-income students

Lorain County Community College showcased its Students Accelerating in Learning program Dec. 12 at the college’s Norton Culinary Arts Center, 1005 Abbe Road. The program, launched in 2015, financially assists college students, making it easier to graduate. Students Accelerating in Learning, also known as SAIL, was modeled after the Accelerated Study in Associate Programs, also […]

Leadership

Mitchell Community College trustees to consider voter ID next year

Mitchell Community College officials will decide next year if it wants to make sure photo identification cards given to students will qualify as photo ID when voting. A bill passed by the N.C. House and Senate would allow an individual community college to declare its student IDs as valid for voting, granted that it meets […]

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Faculty Bring Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies to LaGuardia Community College

With shifting notions of gender and sexuality, ongoing discussions about reproductive rights and the emergence of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, a cohort of faculty members at LaGuardia Community College (LAGCC) within the City University of New York system saw a need for a program that could provide students with an understanding of the systems […]

Finance

Rock on: Clackamas Community College receives $100K grant from Metallica foundation

OREGON CITY, OR (KPTV) – Clackamas Community College is getting a big boost from a major rock band. CCC is one of 10 recipients of a $100,000 grant from the Metallica Scholars Initiative, funded by Metallica’s All Within My Hands Foundation. The foundation provides direct support to community colleges to enhance career and technical education […]

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