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Pablo Avila: Empowering Professors in the Classroom
For Pablo Avila, working in higher education wasn’t something that he thought he’d ever been doing professionally.
February 14, 2019
Coconio Community College to Launch Online Certificate for Students Transferring to Northern Arizona Schools
The Coconino Community College (CCC) will soon launch a completely online Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC) certificate that will help community college transfer students complete their general liberal studies courses. The program will consist of a total 35-credit curriculum that meets general education requirements at Northern Arizona University, Arizona State University and the University of […]
February 1, 2019
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Study: Students Using English Language Learning Software Experienced Greater Gains in Proficiency
Community college students who used the app Voxy had more proficiency gains in the English language than their peers in the same group who used a different software. That’s the findings of a new study conducted by American Institutes for Research (AIR). The study, conducted at Miami Dade College, was created to analyze the impact […]
January 29, 2019
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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 […]
January 15, 2019
Salt Lake’s Open Educational Resources Help Students Pay for Courses, Gain Access to Materials
Salt Lake Community College (SLCC)’s math department’s free open educational math resources program, OPEN SLCC, helps make college affordable by reducing textbook costs for mathematics-related courses and making sure that students are ready for the first day of class. Since its launch in fall 2014, OPEN SLCC has saved students almost $8 million in textbook […]
January 8, 2019
Tuition-Free Coding School to Launch In W.Va.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Officials say West Virginia has a new, tuition-free coding school. The Herald-Dispatch reports Huntington Mayor Steve Williams was among officials who announced the launch of NewForce on Oct. 11 at Mountwest Community and Technical College. Potential students do not need experience in coding, software development or math. The school will offer six […]
October 16, 2018
New 2-Year Online College Aims to Grow Quickly
Alternative higher education programs don’t always work out. But one former Harvard University dean is giving it a try. That former Harvard dean, Stephen Kosslyn, opened an online two-year college this week with an experimental academic program promising something between a vocational education and a traditional general-education curriculum. Among its innovations: no homework. Read more
October 12, 2018
Tennessee Colleges Struggle to Meet Demand of Reconnect Program
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Class is back in session at community colleges around the state, but officials say thousands couldn’t attend Monday. The Tennessee Reconnect program received so many applicants that many were turned away from the free tuition program. “I’ve been talking about going back to school for years,” said Kim Bare, a TN Reconnect student. […]
September 9, 2018
2 W.Va. Colleges Plan Cybersecurity Training for Senior Citizens
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two West Virginia community and technical colleges plan to offer free training to senior citizens on computer safety. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says in a news release his office will partner with Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College in Moorefield and Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College in Mount Gay. […]
September 6, 2018
California’s Online College Will Break Ground
California’s online community college will represent a new vision for higher education when it launches next year and the online education field is watching to see whether it succeeds. The new fully online college draws from a variety of sources, including public universities’ online degree programs, corporate worker training initiatives and programs at for-profit colleges. […]
August 9, 2018
Gov. Brown Describes Progress on Online College
California is getting closer to rolling out a fully online, competency-based community college, which, if successful, would become the first community college of its kind nationwide. Gov. Jerry Brown, delivering remarks to the California Community Colleges Board of Governor in Sacramento on Monday, continued to push his plan to deliver a new type of online community college […]
July 19, 2018
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Young Minds Learn to Hack the Future
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians hosted nearly 60 students from all over the state and country this week as part of its first “Hack the Future,” an event that encourages young coders, entrepreneurs and engineers to solve real-life problems using advanced technologies provided to them. The Office of Economic Development coordinated and came up […]
July 17, 2018
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San Jacinto Students Get Free Online Textbooks and ‘Aid Like a Paycheck’
As a contender for the 2019 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, San Jacinto College’s efforts around student success have gone beyond the traditional means of access, affordability and completion. Through the Pasadena, Texas-based school’s Open Educational Resources (OER) program and the “Aid like a Paycheck” program, San Jac students have saved nearly $1.5 million […]
June 29, 2018
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Lawmakers Approve Funds for California Online College
Lawmakers included $100 million in this year’s state budget to create an online community college that will offer certificate and credentialing programs. It will get another $20 million annually. The plan was proposed by Governor Jerry Brown and backed by California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley. The mission is to retrain workers with skills needed […]
June 21, 2018
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Facebook’s Education Partnerships Part of a Trend
Facebook is teaming up with community colleges as part of a nationwide effort to teach digital-literacy skills to small-business leaders and others in cities. This week the company announced that it will add 17 more community colleges as partners by the end of 2018, for a total of 20 partnerships. An example of an already […]
June 12, 2018
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California Governor Uses Chipotle Metaphor for Online College Plan
As reported in the Sacramento Bee, Governor Jerry Brown’s speech started with what appeared to be a tangent on the fast-food chain, Chipotle. “What I like about Chipotle is the limited menu. You stand in the line, get either brown rice or white rice, black beans or pinto beans,” Brown said. However, his speech then turned […]
June 7, 2018
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San Francisco Leaders Skeptical of Online College Plan
City College of San Francisco faculty and leaders fear that a state proposal to create an “online only” college could negatively impact the college’s own online program. “There is a basic question of how our current online distance learning will match up with having a whole separate university,” said City College Trustee Thea Selby. “That […]
May 31, 2018
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Graduate Will Receive Diploma and Degree
The Labette County High School valedictorian will stand on the Harrison Auditorium stage at commencement May 14 to receive the award and give a speech, thanking those who helped the graduating seniors achieve their K-12 educational goals and encouraging peers concerning their future. Skylar Burzinski, though she took honors courses since her freshman year and […]
May 8, 2018
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