Hartford Courant - Most Connecticut Students Stay Close To Home For College (April 29, 2011) - The lion's share of the 28,748 Connecticut students who enrolled in college after graduating from high school in 2010 stayed close to home...

Inside Higher Ed - Why They Cheered (May 3, 2011) -  When President Obama announced at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday that U.S. military agents had killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, a crowd gathered outside the White House -- largely composed of students from Washington-area colleges such as George Washington and American Universities -- erupted in cheers...

New England Journal of Higher Ed - From Fortress to Vista on the World (May 2, 2011) - When it comes to creating an international campus, America's universities are far better at welcoming faculty and students from abroad...

Diverse Issues in Higher Education - Community College Experts Urge Greater Collaboration To Boost Completion Rates (April 28, 2011) - In order to ensure better access, persistence and completion at their institutions, community college leaders need to collaborate with high school educators to develop standards that ensure a high school graduate is actually ready for college...

Inside Higher Ed - Do Adjunct Votes Count? (April 27, 2011) - Part-timers outnumber full-timers 5,000 to 2,000 in the union that represents community college faculty and professional staff members across Massachusetts. But when it comes to electing union leaders, part-timers each get only one-fourth of a vote...

Inside Higher Ed - As the Regulatory World Spins  (May 4, 2011) - ...The idea that the department is close to completing the two-year-long process of crafting new rules to ensure the integrity of federal financial aid programs may be wishful thinking for the department ...

Manchester Patch - Angelo Sosa to MCC Students: 'Find Your Passion' (April 27, 2011) - A veteran 'Top Chef' competitor visits the cooking school where he started and gives students a glimpse of the drive and ambition it takes to excel as a restaurateur..

Soccer Nation - Pro Soccer News: RATTLERS F.C. SIGN FORMER ALL-AMERICAN FORWARD (April 23, 2011) - Rattlers F.C. of the West Conference of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) have added Jemmy Cange to their roster. Jemmy was a 2008 NJCAA All-American while playing at Manchester Community College (NJCAA) in Connecticut...

CT Mirror - Program produces promising gains in state's neediest schools (May 4, 2011) - A three-year-old experiment to reshape teaching strategies and bolster achievement in the state's neediest and lowest-performing school districts has produced promising early results...

Hartford Courant - Connecticut's Class of 2010: College Enrollment Statistics Reflect Achievement Gap (April 29, 2011) - A statistical portrait of which Connecticut high school seniors went on to college last year reflects the state's persistent achievement gap between lower-income students and their more affluent classmates, as well as a striking gender gap...

CT Mirror - Facing earmark ban, budget cuts, UConn rethinks lobbying plans (May 4, 2011) - University of Connecticut officials are retooling their Washington lobbying strategy, drafting a new playbook that's more defense than offense...

CT Mirror - House Democrats deliver Malloy's first budget (May 4, 2011) - With final legislative passage of the $40.1 billion biennial budget by the House late Tuesday night, the administration of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy now turns its attention to a significant missing piece of the fiscal puzzle -- $1 billion in concessions and labor savings...