Hartford Courant - Manchester CC Baseball Team Back In World Series (May 18, 2011) - His team sitting at 7-19 after an April 11 loss, Manchester Community College baseball coach Chris Strahowski gathered his players for a chat. There was no sense of panic or talk of urgency from the coach. Instead, Strahowski told his players they were close to breaking out of their funk...

Diverse Issues in Higher Ed - Pay Disparities Persist for Minorities and Women With College Degrees (May 25, 2011) - While bachelor's degrees bring their holders higher salaries than they would otherwise earn, not all degrees from the various majors have the same economic value, and disturbing pay disparities persist for minorities and women...

CT Mirror - Officials: Community college 'open door' already partly closed (May 24, 2011) - A possible decision to end open enrollment at the state's community colleges might represent a philosophical change, officials said Tuesday, but in fact a lot of doors have been shut at some campuses for the last few years...

Inside Higher Ed - Major Decisions (May 24, 2011) -  Statistics say that a college freshman looking to make money upon graduation would be well-served by majoring in science, getting a graduate degree, and moving into a managerial role later in life. He should stay away from arts and education fields, which are financial and vocational dead-ends...

Diverse Issues in Higher Ed - Perspective: Cultivating Community College Creativity Within Financial Constraints (May 24, 2011) - A growing number of community colleges have made global education a key component of their college mission. Community colleges are preparing students to function and compete in a global context...

Community College Times - AACC expands efforts to retrain older learners (May 24, 2011) - A national program initially focused on preparing learners age 50 and older to attain skills for new careers is shifting gears and helping those adults complete college degrees or certificates to improve their opportunities to find better-paying jobs...

Inside Higher Ed - Starting Over? (May 24, 2011) -  Adjuncts at a California community college who are frustrated with recent cuts in wages and course loads have launched an effort to decertify their union and start a new chapter...

CT Mirror - Budget problems may close the 'open door' to community colleges (May 23, 2011) - Officials of the state's community college system, a point of entry to higher education for thousands of low-income and non-traditional students, are considering ending the longstanding "open door" admissions policy because of a projected $44.3 million budget deficit over the next two years...

Chronicle of Higher Ed - Community-College Students Mobilize on Campus to Improve Graduation Rates (May 22, 2011) - Heather N. Thomas understands how an unplanned pregnancy can derail college plans. It happened to her...

New England Board of Higher Ed - Study Finds In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students Boosts College Enrollment, Lowers High School Dropout Rates (May 19, 2011) - Should states allow undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition at public campuses? If the goal is to increase college enrollment and reduce the number of high school dropouts, the answer is yes, according to a new study by researchers at Roger Williams University's Latino Policy Institute...

Inside Higher Ed - Trouble Ahead on Student Loan Defaults (May 23, 2011) -  The U.S. Education Department announced late Friday that the rates at which student loan borrowers defaulted on their loans had spiked in 2009 -- and one leading analyst projected that the rise could foreshadow significant (additional) problems for for-profit colleges, where the rates grew most sharply...

NBC Connecticut - Graduation at Last, at 76 (May 25, 2011) - Dora Anne Council will receive her college diploma on Thursday, 42 years after enrolling for her first class...

CT Mirror - State tackles challenge of judging teachers on students' performance (May 23, 2011 ) - Sometime next month, Rob Glassman, like other teachers throughout this city's public school system, will get his own report card. He will be rated on a variety of factors--including the progress of his sixth-grade students...

Hartford Courant - Private Firm May Run Public School In New Haven (May 19, 2011) - The city's school system plans to hire a private company to run one of the city's most troubled public schools, taking an unusual step that has been tried with varying success in a handful of school systems in Connecticut...

CT Mirror - In-state tuition for undocumented students headed to Malloy's desk (May 24, 2011) - After an eight-hour Republican filibuster, the state Senate Tuesday night passed a bill providing in-state tuition at public college and universities for undocumented students...

Hartford Courant - State Union Deal: Clash Heats Up With Stadium Pitch And YouTube Attack (May 20, 2011) -T he clash over Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's deal with state employee unions moved to new venues Friday, with administration officials going to Rentschler Field to explain the agreement to reporters and Republicans going on YouTube to pummel it...

CT Mirror - Concession deal leaves Malloy options to lay off new workers (May 20, 2011) - Though unionized state employees can avoid layoffs for four years by granting the wage concessions sought by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, the administration still has the flexibility to impose layoffs on hundreds, even thousands of new workers who might be hired in the next four years...

Chronicle of Higher Ed - Community Colleges and the Student-Debt Crisis (May 25, 2011) - A recent front page story in my local newspaper put the student-debt crisis in perspective: On average, this month's college graduates will owe more than $20,000 each...

Pelto's Point at the New Haven Advocate - A Giant Step in Connecticut's Race to the Bottom (May 26, 2011) - Hidden behind the shadows of this year's state budget debate is a growing set of actions that will do more damage to Connecticut's future than anything we've seen during this Great Recession...

Quad News Opinion - Exploring the Community College Stigma (April 24, 2011) - In my first semester at Quinnipiac University, I was frequently asked which school I transferred from. It should have been a simple answer, but most of the time it started with an "um."...