Hudson County Community College Trustee Bakari Lee elected to NJ Council on...
Source: nj.com Hudson County Community College trustee Bakari Lee has been elected to state and national positions representing the interests of community colleges. Lee was elected in October as...
View ArticleLawsuit brought by former community college president settled for $250,000
Source: Associated Press OWENSBORO, Ky. — A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by a former community college president against the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. Under...
View ArticleRVCC Faculty Members Rally For New Contract
Source: Basking Ridge Patch On the 152nd day without a contract, the teachers’ union at Raritan Valley Community College held a 1960s-style “teach-in” and rally to voice frustration over the lack of...
View ArticleTexas Panhandle colleges form course partnership
Source: Amarillo.com The presidents of the three Texas Panhandle community colleges signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday at Amarillo College’s Washington Street Campus that will allow...
View ArticleGov. Jerry Brown names capital student to community colleges board
Source: Sacbee.com Ning Yang of Sacramento has been appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown as a student representative to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors. Yang is pursuing an associate...
View ArticleCommunity colleges’ old guard resists changes to help students succeed
Source: Gary Hart, Mercury News Occasionally, action in the Capitol is transformative, remaking the way we do business in California. Think of the Agricultural Labor Relations Act, giving farmworkers...
View ArticleIvy Tech Community College President attends White House roundtable
INDIANAPOLIS –Ivy Tech Community College President Thomas J. Snyder was selected by President Barack Obama to serve on a Roundtable on Affordability and Productivity in Higher Education at the White...
View ArticleFailure To Launch? Community College Students Can’t Meet Higher Goals
Source: State Impact, NPR.org For-profit colleges may be taking their lumps these days, but federal data released last week suggest community colleges have a problem of their own: Students aren’t...
View ArticleCommunity colleges focus on student veterans
Source: SignOnSanDiego.com SAN DIEGO — California’s community colleges have taken a budgetary hit in recent years that has resulted in program and student reductions but there is one growth area in the...
View ArticleCommunity Colleges: The Road Less Travelled to the Hilltop
Source: TheHoya.com Jenniffer Torres Ortega (COL ’13) moved to the United States from Colombia three years ago without knowing a word of English. This fall, she enrolled at Georgetown, as one of a...
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