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Georgia House panel advances bill to increase grant access for state college and tech students Georgia Recorder More Georgia’s college and technical students may soon be eligible for grant money to help them complete their…
Campus Issues
Promising news on credential attainment
U.S. credential attainment among working-age adults is edging closer to a goal of 60% by 2025 set by Lumina Foundation in 2008. The foundation on Thursday released its latest findings pertaining to adults age 25…
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New Ozarks Technical Community College course aims to tackle plumber shortage KY3 The Missouri college offers a nine-month, hands-on certification program in its new Plumbing Lab for those inspired by the short course. 6 questions…
OMB rescinds federal funding freeze
The Trump administration on Wednesday rescinded its proposed pause of federal funding, which was placed on temporary hold until February 3 by a federal district court. A January 29 memo from Acting Office of Management…
Viewpoint: Taking a 45-day break…sort of
After more than 18 years leading two different colleges in executive/presidential roles, and 32 years in higher education, I knew I needed, at a minimum, a refresh or some time to consolidate my thoughts and…
Washington Watch: Court temporarily halts federal funding freeze
President Donald Trump this week released a directive to the heads of executive departments and agencies to pause all spending on federal grants, loans and financial assistance programs to evaluate whether they are “implicated by” the…
Update on executive orders
As with any new presidential administration, we are working to engage with President Trump and his team to ensure that community colleges remain top of mind as new policies and programs are implemented at the…
Strengthening K-12 and community college relationships
A key piece of the cradle-to-career pathway is building strong bridges between secondary and postsecondary institutions. David Schuler, executive director of AASA, The School Superintendents Association, outlines the importance of K-12 and community college partnerships,…
Newsmakers
New CEO Doug Binsfeld will serve as the next president of Northern Maine Community College, beginning in April. He currently is vice president for academic and student affairs at Upper Iowa University, where he has…
Headlines
Foster youth program helps students via community colleges Virginia Public Media Great Expectations, a Virginia program designed to help people who grew up in foster care get their two-year degrees, is in every community college…