When Dr. Gail O. Mellow concludes her 19-year presidency at LaGuardia Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY) in August, she leaves a legacy not only for the institution, but also for community colleges across the country. Mellow, who describes herself as “relentlessly student-focused,” began her own higher education journey at Jamestown […]
Nunez Community College in Chalmette was placed on a censure list issued by a national professors’ advocacy group on Saturday, four months after being cited for allegedly terminating a long-term associate English professor as a “retaliatory measure.” The American Association of University Professors alleged in February that Nunez violated Richard Schmitt’s academic freedomwhen dismissing him without cause after […]
Matthew Polamalu was spending 1.5 hours each day commuting back and forth to community college along Southern California’s congested freeways when he decided he’d had enough. He sat down at his computer and Googled “community colleges with dorms.” “I was just looking for the full college experience,” said the psychology major. He found it in […]
A statewide education group introduced a program Thursday that will help adult students in Wyoming learn skills that lead to secure employment. The program will be called Wyoming Works, the Wyoming Education Attainment Council Executive Committee announced. “We are not only advancing our post-secondary attainment goals, but also ensuring Wyoming citizens have high-quality credentials to […]
GERMANTOWN, Md. (WDVM)–The Montgomery Community College campus in Germantown will have a new building meant to bring more businesses into the area. It’s a building that will carry cyber and technology companies from private companies and it will come with a $40 million price tag. “$40 million is actually a pretty reasonable price tag,” says […]
Tennessee community and technical college students will pay more for tuition starting with the upcoming school year. The Tennessee Board of Regents approved the proposed tuition increases Friday. Technical college students will see a 2.42 percent increase and community college students will see a 2.45 percent increase. In real dollars, tuition will increase by $109 and mandatory fees by $7 […]
Madison College’s Dr. Ramon Ortiz has been named to the list of Leadership Program Fellows by the National Community College Hispanic Council (NCCHC). Ortiz, who is the Associate Dean in the School of Arts and Sciences at Madison College as well as the Vice President of Nuestro Mundo, has been a powerful voice in the […]
Developing an economy “built to last” is hard work. It was just a decade ago that numerous Indiana counties hit double digit unemployment rates during the Great Recession. We applauded the Indiana Economic Development Corp. and the local developers in our communities who attracted new jobs, regardless of their pay. These jobs augmented those provided […]
During the industrial age, when high school was the gateway to the American dream, public-school systems covered the costs of earning a diploma. Today, however, as associate’s degrees have replaced high-school diplomas as the indispensable ticket into the middle class, families are forced to cover the costs of tuition and more. If the information-age economy […]
Congratulations to the Leon County School Board for taking a significant step into the future by the simple renaming of Lively Technical Center. Its new name is Lively Technical College, a distinction that tells students it’s a new day. Read More