Inside Higher Ed - Completion and Quality at CUNY (March 22, 2012) - A feud over new general education requirements at the City University of New York kicked up a notch Wednesday, as faculty groups filed a lawsuit to block the plan and slammed administrators for putting graduation rates ahead of academic rigor...

Chronicle of Higher Ed - Community Colleges and Math Careers, Report Says ( Should Urge Women to Pursue Science (March 20, 2012) - Not enough women at community colleges-especially low-income students and those with children-are studying for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math, which are among the nation's fastest-growing fields, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Institute for Women's Policy Research...

Hartford Courant - Measure Would End No-Credit Remedial Classes At Colleges (March 19, 2012) - Raneil Smith was sitting in his first math class at Housatonic Community College when he recalls saying to a classmate, "We're finally in college doing college-level work." That's when another classmate leaned over and said, "'No, this is remedial work...

Chronicle of Higher Ed - Sprawling Mesa, Ariz., Aims to Become a College Town (March 18, 2012) - Viewed from far above, this city is an irregular splotch sprawling east from Tempe-133 square miles, roughly in the form of a hook. At ground level, it seems even less defined-strip malls and developments of one- and two-story buildings flow as if they had been accidentally spilled out of a bottle. The downtown does have a gleaming arts center, but many of the businesses and restaurants around it are closed by early evening, even on weekends...

Inside Higher Ed - Who Cheats, and How (March 16, 2012) - Eighty-four percent of students at a public research university believe students who cheat should be punished, yet two of every three admit to having cheated themselves. Most of the cheating students admit to involves homework, not tests, and they see academic misconduct applying differently to those two kinds of work...

Community College Times - Obama touts community colleges' role in green energy(March 15, 2012) - Community colleges and alternative energy go hand in hand when it comes to increasing energy efficiency and decreasing the country's dependence on foreign oil, President Barack Obama said during a visit to a Maryland community college on Thursday...

Inside Higher Ed - Tough Budget for Loans and Pell (March 21, 2012) - In a budget proposal released Tuesday, Republicans in the House of Representatives called for tighter eligibility for Pell Grants and a change in the accounting mechanism for federal student loans, which would make it appear to be the nation's most costly lending program...

Journal Inquirer - MCC women's basketball (March 21, 2012) - Elise Chase of Vernon and Lyndsey Nash of Manchester have been named to the National Junior College Athletic Association All-Region XXI Division III team...

CT Mirror - Revenues shrinking, but Malloy still projects a surplus (March 20, 2012) - Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's administration recognized shrinking tax revenues in its latest budget forecast Wednesday, yet remained the only entity still projecting that state government will wrap up the fiscal year in just over three months in the black...

Inside Higher Ed - Mandatory Moodle? (March 21, 2012) -Should every professor on campus be required to use the college's LMS system, whether they're teaching online or not? Lasell College in Massachusetts is trying that. It's requiring its entire faculty to use Moodle. (I have to admit scratching my head at the headline: "getting its money's worth." Moodle is free.) The story doesn't actually give a reason, so the reader is left to guess...

Inside Higher Ed - Fear, Blame, and Financial Aid (March 20, 2012) - Some stories have deeper roots than others. This story is about a change to Federal financial aid policy that's taking effect July 1. At that point, no new students can receive financial aid -- or from what I've been told, could even pay their own way if the college itself is financial aid eligible -- to attend college if they don't already have a high school diploma or a GED...

Chronicle of Higher Ed - Why Community-College Students Need Great Books (March 18, 2012) -No president in recent memory seems to have paid as much attention to community colleges as Barack Obama has. In his 2013 budget proposal, the president allocated $8-billion for partnerships between states and community colleges to train an estimated two million workers in high-growth and high-demand job areas...

CT News Junkie - Making Sure ALL Students Have Access To Great Schools (March 15, 2012) - There are thousands of students across this state who struggle with school. For many of them, the likelihood that they will ever graduate high school and get the education they need to succeed in life is, frankly, miniscule. I'm speaking of at-risk youth, especially those who are over-age and under-credited...