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FROM THE PUBLISHER: 2009 To Be Marked by Challenges, Rewards
Happy New Year to all our readers! We will be embarking together on a new and exciting year, full of challenges and the rewards that will come with meeting those challenges.
Community College News
CALENDAR:
A listing of conferences, workshops, seminars and institutes
Calif. Budget Cuts Battering 2-year Colleges
Budget cuts in the California community college system mean that the state’s 110 colleges will turn away an estimated 260,000 students this year, due to lack of money to teach them, a vice chancellor said.
CAPITOL BRIEFS
Higher ed news briefs from the nations capitol
Colleges Catering to Growing Ranks of Transfer, Older Students
Some head to a four-year college campus after two years at a community college. Others wait nearly a lifetime, delayed by jobs, kids and real-world responsibilities.
Critics Riled After Learning that New Job at Florida College Could Triple House Speaker Sansom’s Retirement Benefits
Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom’s new deal with a Panhandle college could pay him handsomely for the rest of his life.
DATELINE WASHINGTON: New Rules Leave Student Data Questions Unanswered By Charles Pekow
Final rules leave undefined exactly which state officials can demand what private student data from colleges under amendments to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
DATELINE WASHINGTON: Progress Falters on Financial Aid Improvements
Efforts to judge progress and planning in managing student financial aid are faltering on nearly all fronts, according to a highly critical federal audit report.
Despite Bleak Economy, Voters in Detroit-Area CC District Decisively Approve Renewal of Property Tax
Officials at Wayne County Community College District credit an exhaustive information campaign for the landslide vote on Election Day to renew the institution’s 1.25-mill property tax.
Early College High School: A Bold Surge To Academic and Personal Enhancement
Webster’s dictionary defines “bold” as “showing a readiness to take risks or face danger, daring and fearless.” Could this adjective describe something taking place in academia? The answer is yes, if we’re talking about the Early College High School (ECHS) concept.
GRANTS & GIFTS
Institutions receiving grants and awards from various sources
HONORS & AWARDS:
A listing of intitutional and individual honors and awards
Maine Scholarship Grant Program for Babies Is Now Statewide
More than 100 babies and their parents recently joined Maine Gov. John Baldacci to celebrate the expansion of a program that will make $500 college savings grants available to every child born in the state as of Jan. 1, making it the first statewide program of its kind in the nation.
MONEY TREE: Tulsa CC Takes Steps To Unravel Severe Financial Aid Delays
Problems at Tulsa Community College left as many as 1,500 students without their financial aid last semester. In response, TCC hired an external financial aid company to look at the college’s operation and help process the aid.
MONEY TREE: Ohio Colleges Hope To Avoid Funding Cuts and Tuition Hikes
As money gets tighter, Ohio’s colleges and universities may need to work together to limit overlapping degree programs in order to balance their budgets, the leader of the state’s higher education system said.
NEWS BRIEFS:
Higher ed news briefs from the nations capital
POLITICS AND POLICY: Wyoming Weighs Centralizing Oversight of State’s 2-year Schools
Draft legislation awaiting review in Wyoming would give the state’s Community College Commission considerably more oversight of construction and academic offerings at the state’s community colleges
TECHNOLOGY TODAY: Technology Will Continue To Evolve — and Shrink — in 2009
“If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.”
Editor's BlogNo news available
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