Voices News - NOFA Receives $32K Grant to Support Lawn Care Program (October 24, 2012) - The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut, based in Oxford, has received a grant of $32,000... The NOFA Organic Lawn Care Certificate Course will be offered on January 24, 2013 at Manchester Community College...

Hartford Courant - Celebrate The Season At Manchester Community College On Saturday, Oct. 27! (October 23, 2012) - On Saturday, Oct. 27, the MCC campus will be host to a variety of community events - Foodshare's Empty Bowls, Manchester Art Association's Craft Fair and a public flu clinic...

Hartford Courant - MCC Offers Culinary Learning Opportunities for All Ages (October 23, 2012) - As holiday season approaches, there is plenty of family time - and baking and cooking time - ahead. Manchester Community College's Continuing Education Division offers culinary learning opportunities for all ages. It's a recipe to help budding chefs get started and to give more experienced family meal planners something new to try...

Journal Inquirer - MCC to Showcase Manufacturing Program (October 15, 2012) - Manchester Community College will hold an open house for manufacturers, workers, students, and the public Friday, Oct 19, as part of 'Connecticut Dream It Do It" Manufacturing Month...

Inside Higher Ed - Teaching, Stress, Adjuncts (October 24, 2012) - Full-time faculty members at four-year colleges are spending less time on teaching than they used to, according to a national study being released today by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles...

Inside Higher Ed - Getting Through (October 23, 2012) - Students who are headed to selective four-year colleges can choose from stacks of guidebooks about how to navigate college. They also benefit from plenty of hand-holding on campus. Not so much for community college students...

CT Mirror - Meotti Likely to Leave State Service With No Pension (October 23, 2012) - Meotti, who announced earlier this month that he will be resigning as the vice president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education after helping out with a "brief transition period," is approximately five months shy of having worked for the state to get a lifelong pension...

Inside Higher Ed - A New Online Associate Degree (October 23, 2012) - The latest model-busting higher education program comes from a novel partnership between a nonprofit college and a nonprofit organization, helped by a push (and some money) from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation...

Chronicle of Higher Ed - Student-Success Courses Hold Promise but Need Improvement, Study Finds (October 22, 2012) - In an effort to improve retention and graduation rates, many institutions offer "College 101" courses alongside traditional academic ones: The goal is to teach students skills for success in the campus environment...

CT Mirror - Former Regents Chief Returns $25K to the State (October 22, 2012) - The former president of Connecticut's merged public college system has returned $25,000 to the state, restoring his full, unvouchered expense account for the fiscal year, according to an email to the Board of Regents for Higher Education...

Governor Dannel P. Malloy - Gov. Malloy: Renewed P-20 Council Will Strengthen Link Between Education System & Workforce Development (October 18, 2012) - Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he has signed an executive order revitalizing the objectives and updating the membership of the state's P-20 Council to ensure that Connecticut develops bold initiatives that strengthen all levels of the state's education system so that students are best prepared with the skills needed in today's job market...

CT Mirror - Regents Approve Fee Increases, Tuition Hike Likely to Follow (October 18, 2012) - The Connecticut Board of Regents of Higher Education Thursday approved higher student fees to help pay for new construction projects, including a new $81.9 million dormitory at Central Connecticut State University...

Community College Times - A Silver Lining in College Costs (October 24, 2012) - The average sticker price at community colleges rose this year to $3,130, which is a 5.8 percent increase-about $172...

Inside Higher Ed - An Underused Lifeline (October 23, 2012 ) - When her first student loan payments came due last year, Suzanne Sublette might have seemed an ideal candidate for a federal program to base her monthly bill on her income...

New Haven Register - New Connecticut Community College Remedial Program Could Leave Students Behind (October 21, 2012) - ... Alex Tettey Jr., 28, is an example of who the community college system serves. ... Since 2010, he has been a full-time student at Manchester and will be out either this June or by fall 2013. "I'm in no rush. I'd rather get higher grades than just get though," he said. After getting his bachelor's degree in political science, he is weighing law school and a career in federal service...

Reminder News - Staffordville School Reads a Lot Into Series of Awards (October 18, 2012) - In a change of pace, Staffordville School reading teacher Sandra Bidwell, who devotes her day to teaching children to read, was recently read to by some adults... Bidwell obtained an associate's degree from Manchester Community College...

The Chronicle - Funds Drying Up for Coventry AP Program (October 16, 2012) - A five-year grant that helped the high school offer more than 270 advanced level tests to students for 2011-12 is in its last year, which has school officials concerned, but not panicking...

Inside Higher Ed - Income Data and the Degree (October 25, 2012) - From health care to major league baseball, entire industries are being shaped by the evolving use of data to drive results. One sector that remains largely untouched by the effective use of data is higher education...

Chronicle of Higher Ed - Ignore the Industry Spin: Latest Tuition and Student-Loan Figures Are Worrisome (October 24, 2012) - The College Board today released its yearly reports on trends in college pricing and student aid. In-state tuition at public four-year universities-the number that has become the de facto national benchmark of college affordability-rose 4.8 percent from last year to the 2012-13 academic year...

Inside Higher Ed - Social Media and Teaching (October 24, 2012) - I had the opportunity to attend a session last week, hosted by Pearson, on how higher ed faculty use social media. Much of the content was quite interesting...

Inside Higher Ed - Overheard in the Locker Room (October 24, 2012) - One of the consolations of middle age is that it brings the power of invisibility. That brings with it a certain amount of unintentional eavesdropping. Earlier this week, as I was getting changed in the locker room before work, I overheard a retiree -- I'd put him around 70 -- talking to a student who I'd put around 19. The exchange...

Community College Times - In Dire Need of STEM Students (October 23, 2012) - Our country's technological edge is receding, and the problem cannot be solved simply by flooding the workforce with more engineers and scientists...

CT Mirror - Before Tuition And Fees Increase, Minority Leader Wants Public Hearing on Higher Ed Fiasco (October 19, 2012) - House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero Jr. is asking the legislature's Higher Education Committee to hold a public hearing on a trio of missteps by leadership at the state's college system before any tuition or raises move forward...

CT Mirror - Legislator 'Speechless' Over The Size Of Former College President's Compensation Package (October 19, 2012) - The co-chair of the legislature's higher education committee last week she was "shocked" by the compensation package awarded to the leader of the state's Board of Regents college system. This week, she said, "I'm speechless...