MassLive.com - Rebecca Townsend, of Longmeadow, Honored as "Champion Of Change" by White House For Her Work As A Transportation Innovator (November 7, 2012) - Rebecca M. Townsend was recently honored by the White House for being a Transportation Innovator, as part of the government's ongoing "Champions of Change" program that recognizes ordinary citizens for making a difference in their communities...

Hartford Courant - November Manchester Review Features MCC On Main (November 7, 2012) - November's issue of Manchester Review features a discussion of the downtown arts and education center, MCC on Main. Art, open mic night, poetry, Friday night music sessions and even Zumba classes are just a few of the activities offered at the town-owned center, which is Manchester Community College's Main Street satellite..

FCBUZZ - "Men Of Color, To Arms!" (November 7, 2012) - Come down to the Fairfield Museum and History Center ... David Naumec, Manchester Community College, will discuss this important turning point in the Civil War... Naumec will discuss how race and identity lines became increasingly blurred in the 19th century and the issues that impacted Lincoln's decision to allow black soldiers to fight for the Union...

Connecticut Art Scene - Opening Tonight for Paper New England Show at MCC on Main (November 1, 2012) - Paper New England presents a group show at the MCC on Main Arts and Education Center. A 5th Anniversary Look presents works by Alexis Brown, Elizabeth Gourlay, Debbie Hesse, Michael Siporin Levine and Sabrina Marques...

Chronicle of Higher Ed - Community-College Degree Often Smooths the Path to a B.A., Report Says (November 8, 2012) -Nearly three-quarters of the students who earned an associate degree and then moved to a four-year college graduated with a bachelor's degree within four years of transferring, according to a "snapshot" report being released on Thursday by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center...

Inside Higher Ed - How 'Open' Are MOOCs? (November 8, 2012) - MOOCs are on the tip of everyone's tongue here at the annual Educause meeting, presumably because of their scale and the technologies their recent champions have built to support that scale...

Chronicle of Higher Ed - Adjuncts Build Strength in Numbers (November 5, 2012) - Caroline W. Meline stood at the front of her classroom one day last month and began reading from a red paperback, Karl Marx: Selected Writings. A few sentences in, she paused and closed her eyes. "I just have to catch my breath," she told her students...

Community College Times - Insights on Successful Industry-College Partnerships (November 5, 2012) - Successful community college collaborations with industry do not just flow from a simple request for help...

Chronicle of Higher Ed - Campus Threat-Assessment Teams Get New Guidance From Mental-Health Groups (November 5, 2012) - Since the shootings at Virginia Tech in 2007, teams that assess risks and respond to disturbing behavior or threats have become increasingly common on campuses. But their task of navigating legal and mental-health issues is complex, without much precedent or guidance to draw on...

Inside Higher Ed - Breaking Gridlock for Veterans (November 2, 2012) - Return on investment is a hot concept inside the Beltway, with lawmakers pushing colleges to better demonstrate how they perform with public funds. But most of the policy action these days is on consumer protections for student veterans...

Inside Higher Ed - Other People's Money  (November 5, 2012) - Questions of fairness have always permeated discussions about admissions and financial aid. Is it fair to consider financial status in admissions? Is it fair for colleges to admit students who can't pay? Is it fair to charge students different rates for the same class...

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...

NJCAA News - Bunker Hill CC Advances to National Tournament on PKs (October 30, 2012) - The two New England rivals traded punches like heavyweights for 110 minutes without a ball crossing a goal line, but Bunker Hill CC (18-2-1) scored four goals in the penalty kick round to Manchester CC's two, and claimed the 2012 Region 21, Division III men's soccer title...

CT Mirror - Efforts to Desegregate, Expand School Choice a Challenge With Looming Deficits (November 2, 2012) - State education officials are proposing to expand opportunities for Hartford children by sending more of them to suburban schools -- but the multimillion-dollar plan will be a tough sell as growing signs of deficits plague the state budget...

Inside Higher Ed - Quiet Commuting? (November 7, 2012) - I love this story, and not only because it's illustrated with a picture of my old dorm. It's about a minor trend of some residential colleges designating certain dorms as "quiet housing." The appeal should be obvious to anyone who remembers trying to sleep while someone in the room next door insisted on blasting the English Beat. If memory serves...

Chronicle of Higher Ed - Research Student Aid Before You Reform (November 5, 2012) - After four years of significant growth, the Pell Grant program faces in 2014 what has been called a "funding cliff." The looming shortfall has set off a heated debate about how to put the program-and our entire student-financial-aid system-on a path that is more sustainable and better serves students...

Inside Higher Ed - My Goddamned Book (November 2, 2012) - Week after week. From foes. From friends. "When are you going to write a book?" From true friends? "Your book should have been on the shelves a year ago. You won't have any impact unless you've written a book." I lead with the lamest excuse of all...

Community College Times - Mass. College Votes For Civic Engagement (November 2, 2012) - Effective civic engagement requires a systemic approach-one that empowers students to voice their thoughts and opinions and emerge as leaders within their local communities...

ccnewsnow.com - Professional Certification From a Community College: A Solution for the Unemployed (November 1, 2012) - While unemployment is now 7.8 percent, the fact remains that there are still more than nine million people jobless - and millions more under-employed. The key to getting people back to work is education and re-training - and this is where community colleges excel...