Community college leaders can’t sit on the sidelines, for three important reasons, Steve Robinson writes.
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City College of San Francisco students, faculty and staff members are fed up with cold classrooms. Trustees called on administrators to address long-neglected maintenance issues and aging heating systems after some campus buildings went months without heat.
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March 17, 2023
Free community college is back in President Biden’s budget. Although Congress is unlikely to support the full $90 billion, experts hope for a smaller budget item to provide free programs for about 90,000 students a year.
March 17, 2023
City College of San Francisco students, faculty and staff members are fed up with cold classrooms. Trustees called on administrators to address long-neglected maintenance issues and aging heating systems after some campus buildings went months without heat.
March 14, 2023
A draft of a faculty agreement for the Maricopa Community Colleges proposed reducing pay for one group of faculty members to bring their wages in line with others. The final version mostly nixed the pay cut, but critics are still concerned.
March 9, 2023
Despite the decline in transfers, a new report also says six-year college completion rates among transfer students improved.
February 21, 2023
The California Community College system is on the verge of announcing a new chancellor.
February 16, 2023
A new analysis shows dual-enrollment programs can be costly for community colleges—unless they’re carefully designed.
February 1, 2023
From rural New Hampshire to urban Miami, community college students, faculty and administrators are broadly enthusiastic about digital learning options, according to a new report.
January 31, 2023
A student-run newspaper is suing the Peralta Community College District for a pattern of unfilled public record requests.
January 18, 2023
Community colleges gained dual-enrollment students but lost recent high school grads and adult learners at high rates, according to a recent analysis of federal enrollment data.