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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

Workforce Development

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. […]

Technology

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. […]

Leadership

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. […]

Technology

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 […]

Technology

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 […]

Technology

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 […]

Technology

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 […]

Technology

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 […]

Technology

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 […]

Leadership

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 […]

Technology

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 […]

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