The State of Community Colleges Today

03/10/2009

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03/10/2009

Duncan, Biden team to promote two-year colleges

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Dr. Jill Biden last week held a panel discussion with nearly 200 students at Miami Dade College (MDC) in Florida to exchange ideas on improving student access ...

03/06/2009

Jim Chanos talks about 4-profit schools title IV funding. says "tuituion cost to students is onerous"

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03/06/2009

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03/05/2009

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03/05/2009

just posted the 4th entry of the series!

03/02/2009

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series titled “The State of Community Colleges Today.” The series was created by Sarah Evans, director of communications at Elgin Community College in Elgin, Illinois.

02/24/2009

ELKHART, Ind. — Donna Sharp made a good living even without a high school diploma, earning about $19 an hour putting stripes on recreational vehicles in a northern Indiana county known as the RV capital of the world.

02/23/2009

The Elgin Community College (ECC) student bloggers tell what it's like to be a student at a community college today.

I am on my third year at Elgin Community College (I guess I just don’t want to leave). I am hopefully going to get my Associates of Art at the end of this year. Other than school, I spend the rest of my life writing.Read blog»

02/20/2009

If you've lost your job recently, the state law in New Jersey says you have the opportunity to take courses at your local community college or the state’s public four-year colleges for free.

02/19/2009

SAN DIEGO Enrollment in community colleges statewide rose by nearly 10 percent last fall, and a similar increase is expected in the spring, but California has not been able to keep up with the demand because of its staggering budget burden.

02/19/2009

The $200-million for Federal Work-Study in the economic-stimulus law that President Obama signed this week is expected to help an additional 130,000 students, each earning an average of $1,500 a year, according to government estimates. The money, despite rumors to the contrary,...

02/18/2009

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series titled “The State of Community Colleges Today.” The series was created by Sarah Evans, director of communications at Elgin Community College in Elgin, Illinois.

02/13/2009

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02/13/2009

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series titled “The State of Community Colleges Today.” The series was created by Sarah Evans, director of communications at Elgin Community College in Elgin, Illinois.