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Survey Finds New Regulations Vexing Distance Educators
Community college distance education programs are scrambling to comply with a raft of new regulations, some of them the consequence of a stalled federal government to rein in for-profit providers.
POV: 21st Century Commission Report Tells Colleges They Must Remake Themselves
The 92nd convention of the American Association of Community Colleges unfolded at Marriott’s Orlando World Center and Resort, a hotel and convention center sprawling over 200 acres and featuring a nine-story atrium, more than 2,000 rooms and the largest pillar-free ballroom in the country.
NEXT EDITION PREVIEW: Paying Tribute
When John E. Roueche steps down as director of the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas at Austin, he’ll leave behind arguably the most successful program of its kind – one that has produced dozens and of college presidents, chancellors and deans.
Community College News
Aviation Mechanics Emerging as High-Flying Field
Deregulation created turbulence for commercial airlines. The economic crunch grounded many private pilots. But the biggest challenge facing the aviation industry, as a whole, is finding enough workers to keep planes ready for takeoff.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
A summary listing of colleges receiving institution and individual honors and awards
MONEY TREE: Maine Lawmakers Mull Borrowing Requests
A year after lawmakers decided not to consider any new borrowing, they’re looking again at a list of long-term bond issues topping $400 million that would pay for projects that include state university and community college improvements, highway and bridge improvements and land conservation.
POLITICS and POLICY: Obama Targets For-Profits That Market to Vets
President Barack Obama reached out to a generation of young soldiers as he added new protections for veterans and military families misled or bilked by career colleges and technical programs that target their federal education benefits. “``They don’t care about you,” he declared, “they care about your cash.”
POLITICS and POLICY: President Tells Students Congress Must Keep Loan Costs in Check
President Barack Obama told thousands of students at the University of North Carolina that he wants Congress to keep the costs of a college education in check, reaching out to young people in a state expected to figure heavily in his re-election bid.
S. Dakota College Readies for Google Map Program
Watertown residents should get ready for Google. The Internet giant will make its presence known on the Lake Area Technical Institute campus and, most likely, in buildings and businesses in the city when it goes live with a version of Google maps which diagrams the interiors of buildings.
SPORTS: Online Recruiting Service Helps Link Athletes, Schools
When Rachel Cho decided at the beginning of her senior year of high school in British Columbia to pursue a collegiate running career in the United States, she hadn’t even heard of Nova Southeastern University in Florida.
St. Louis Woman Honored For Program That Guides Needy Students to College
As she watched her son apply for college, Lisa Zarin began to wonder about other teens who weren’t so fortunate.
TECHNOLOGY TODAY: A Divided Congress Confronts a Rising Cyberthreat
The mysterious caller claimed to be from Microsoft and offered step-by-step instructions to repair damage from a software virus. The electric power companies weren’t falling for it.
Title IX Transforming How Colleges Respond to Sexual Assault Cases
For months after Kristina Ponischil was raped at a party in her off-campus apartment, her life at Western Washington University was hell.
TRACKING TRENDS : Colleges Turn to Private Sector as State Support Lags
Whether exclusive private schools or massive public campuses, college has long been seen as extended preparation for the real world. These days, the real world is spending more and more time at college.
TRACKING TRENDS : Female Veterans Receiving Support in Transition to College
At age 27, Leslie Pletz is older than most of her classmates at UW-Eau Claire, where she’s pursuing a bachelor’s degree in operations management. Age, however, isn’t the primary thing that sets her apart from other students: She also served in Iraq with the Army National Guard.
TRACKING TRENDS : Iowa Colleges Offer Alternatives to Bottled Water
Iowa colleges and universities are handing out reusable bottles to incoming students, installing water refilling stations across campuses to make it easier for students to fill their own bottles and using pitchers of water over prepackaged bottles at meetings and conferences.
TRACKING TRENDS : New College Graduates Facing Bleak Employment Landscape
The U.S. college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work.
TRACKING TRENDS: Gas Drilling Job-Training Programs Pop Up at NY Colleges
Rick Allen moved to upstate New York to escape the rat race and tension of Washington, D.C., but when he arrived in his hometown, the 49-year-old electronics technician couldn’t find a job.
Editor's Corner
POV: 21st Century Commission Report Tells Colleges They Must Remake Themselves
The 92nd convention of the American Association of Community Colleges unfolded at Marriott’s Orlando World Center and Resort, a hotel and convention center sprawling over 200 acres and featuring a nine-story atrium, more than 2,000 rooms and the largest pillar-free ballroom in the country.
Community College Week Archives
Next EditionWhen John E. Roueche steps down as director of the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas at Austin, he’ll leave behind arguably the most successful program of its kind – one that has produced dozens and of college presidents, chancellors and deans.
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