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Manchester Patch - Veteran's 5K Run Raises Money for Those Who Bring So Much to MCC (April 26, 2011) - The race, May 7, will help raise money for veteran's tuition at MCC...
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Hartford Business Journal - Wine event raises $160,000 (April 18, 2011) - "An Evening of Fine Wines," a fundraising event organized by The Manchester Community College Foundation Inc., generated $160,000 for scholarships and programs at the college...
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Inside Higher Ed - Whose Top 10%? (April 26, 2011) - The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program released a list of what it considers the 120 "best" community colleges in the country Monday, kicking off a multistep, data-driven process for identifying a single institution to receive its $1 million award for "community college excellence."... |
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Inside Higher Ed - 10 Years to Tenure at Michigan (April 25, 2011)- Professors at the University of Michigan could face a possible wait of up to 10 years for tenure thanks to a new policy adopted Thursday by its Board of Regents -- over the objections of faculty... |
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The Chronicle of Higher Ed - National Writing Project Is Innocent Victim in War on Earmarks, Educators Say (April 24, 2011) - The loss of federal funds for a national project that seeks to improve how writing is taught could damage the quality of students' writing on college campuses... |
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Inside Higher Ed - Who Decides on Transfer Credit? (April 21, 2011) - A longstanding complaint of students who transfer from community colleges to four-year institutions is that the 2+2 model quickly turns into 2+3 or 2+4 or 2+dropping out, when many of the credits earned before transfer are rejected or can't fulfill key requirements... |
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New England Board of Higher Education - Trends & Indicators: A Changing View of College Success (April 21, 2011) - In many ways, champions of higher education have been more focused on college access than college success. But that's changing... |
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Inside Higher Ed - Looking Past Friend-Counting (April 19, 2011) - College communications, alumni relations, and marketing professionals all seem to agree that using social media is crucial to the future of branding and fund-raising in higher education... |
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The Norwich Bulletin - State budget cuts fueling community college protests (April 25, 2011) - ... Whitworth's ire is aimed at the state community college board of trustees-approved 2.5 percent increase in combined tuition and fees for next year and the prospect that the state's dozen community colleges will see their state funding shrink by 12 percent, or $36 million, during the next two years... |
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Killingworth-Durham-Middlefield Patch - Durham's 'Top Chef' Hero Returns to MCC (April 23, 2011) - Two-time 'Top Chef' contestant Angelo Sosa will return to the roots of his culinary career, speaking at a fund-raiser for the Manchester Community College Culinary Arts Program... |
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Manchester Patch - Meet Elaine Sweet, Volunteer (April 18, 2011) - Elaine Sweet is not afraid to get involved. Since her retirement, she has volunteered her time for a variety of local organizations and often finds herself taking on a leadership role... |
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The CT Mirror - Falling enrollment could cost schools $18M under Malloy plan (April 15, 2011) - Proposed legislation allowing cities and towns to cut their school spending when enrollment drops--part of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's education funding package--could reduce the collective local school budgets by more than $18 million, the head of a superintendents' group says... |
| The CT Mirror- Anticipating improving revenues, Malloy preaches caution (April 28, 2011) - Gov. Dannel P. Malloy warned legislative leaders today that an expected bump in projected tax revenues should be used exclusively for retiring debts, not to restore spending cuts, reduce tax hikes or give up on his demand for $1 billion in labor savings in the proposed budget for 2011-2012... |
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The CT Mirror - Malloy, legislators reach compromise on higher ed reorganization (April 27, 2011) - The Malloy Administration and co-chairs of the legislature's Higher Education Committee have reached agreement on a plan to consolidate the Connecticut State University System... |
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Hartford Courant - Conn. announces higher ed consolidation plan (April 27, 2011) - The Malloy administration and Connecticut's higher education officials have announced an agreement to consolidate the state's community colleges... |
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New England Board of Higher Education - Walking Wounded: Education Budgets Taking Shape Across NE (April 22, 2011) - ...Malloy has proposed a two-year $144-million cut to public higher education. Also included in his budget is a plan to restructure the system... |
| Inside Higher Ed - A Plea to Cut Pell Wisely (April 18, 2011) - These are painful times for supporters of the Pell Grant Program. With deficit-reduction frenzy astir in this city, the federal government's primary financial aid program for needy college students is square in the sights of budget cutters... |
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