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Journal Inquirer - MCC Scores High in Workplace Survey (February 25, 2013) - national employee survey has named Manchester Community College one of the top 150 places to work in the country. MCC was ranked No. 135 nationwide among the 872 organizations with more than 1,000 employees that participated in the regional top workplaces program... |
Reminder News - Humorist Gina Barreca to headline Greater Hartford Women's Conference (February 21, 2013) - The keynote speaker for the 2013 Greater Hartford Women's Conference will be Dr. Gina Barreca...This year, the conference will host two panel discussions...The first is entitled "Pay it Forward," and will discuss mentoring and coaching. Panelists include: Dr. Gena Glickman, president of Manchester Community College... |
Hartford Courant - Phone Photo Fun After Classes (February 22, 2013) - Ingrid Carrasco of Hartford and Felipe Medina of East Hartford look at photographs on Carrasco's phone Thursday afternoon at Manchester Community College... |
Hartford Courant - A Painting Project (February 22, 2013) - "i have a long way to go," said Rick Willhide of Manchester, a groundskeeping employee at Manchester Community College who has the task of putting a new coat of paint on the second floor of the art, science and technology wing at the school... |
UCONN Today - Student Poet Goes on Tour (February 21, 2013) - UConn junior Allegra Berndt has been selected to represent the University of Connecticut on the Connecticut Poetry Circuit...The circuit, which is directed by Manchester Community College professors James Gentile and Mariana DiRaimo, is an annual contest to identify the "outstanding college poets in Connecticut... |
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Inside Higher Ed - Community College Gives iPads to Adjuncts (February 28, 2013) - Many colleges routinely ignore adjuncts when it comes to providing technology used for teaching. This year at Houston Community College's Southwest Campus, 200 adjuncts were given iPads to help in teaching... |
CT Mirror - The Price of Attending Uconn to Rise by 5.1% (February 27, 2013) - The University of Connecticut is raising student fees by $116 next fall, when a previously approved tuition increase is to take effect: State residents will pay $574 more in tuition and fees, a 5.1 percent increase. For students living on campus, the cost will jump $954... |
Inside Higher Ed - College-Ready in California (February 27, 2013) - High school achievement tests can be good predictors of how students will fare in community college, according to new research that adds to the case for using more than just placement tests to decide which students need to take remedial courses... |
Inside Higher Ed - Too Hot for Pasadena? (February 27, 2013) - The Pasadena City News considered it big news that James Deen -- the male star of straight porn who has attracted an unprecedented female fan base -- was coming to town...Deen -- who had once taken courses at Pasadena City College -- was coming back to give a guest lecture in a course about pornography... |
Chronicle of Higher Ed - High-School Dropouts Get a Taste of College at Texas Academy (February 25, 2013) - James Cruz was still hurting after failing three out of four exams needed to graduate from high school when a woman knocked on his door. She told him about an academy where dropouts and "noncompleters" could earn diplomas and start college at the same time. Mr. Cruz, whose brushes with gangs and drugs had derailed his studies and dashed his hopes of becoming a border-patrol agent, figured he had nothing to lose... |
Inside Higher Ed - Who Benefits From Online Ed? (February 25, 2013) - Online education is often held out as a way to increase access to higher education, especially for those -- adult students, the academically underprepared, members of some minority groups -- who have historically been underrepresented in college... |
Chronicle of Higher Ed - High Debt Loads May Deter Men From Graduating, Research Finds (February 25, 2013) - For decades, educators and policy makers have sought explanations for why more men than women drop out of college. An article published this month in the journal Gender & Society offers a new theory: Men are more averse than are women to student-loan debt, and may be swayed by their perceived ability to make a decent living without a college degree... |
Community College Times - New Webinar Series Focuses on Community Colleges (February 22, 2013) - A new, free webinar series featuring the work of community colleges kicks off March 7 with a session on transforming adult education to help adults transition into college... |
Inside Higher Ed - Biting the Bullet on Completion (February 20, 2013) - Research has identified several ways for colleges that enroll lesser-prepared students to improve their graduation rates. But college leaders are often wary of those solutions, because they can take a whack at the bottom line and challenge a tradition of open doors... |
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Inside Higher Ed - Thinking About Debt Relief (February 22, 2013) - In the next move for a federal agency ratcheting up its oversight of student loans, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is asking borrowers, lenders and others for feedback on what can be done to ease the burden of private student debt... |
CNN Money - Community College Grads Out-Earn Bachelor's Degree Holders (February 26, 2013) - Berevan Omer graduated on a Friday in February with an associate's degree from Nashville State Community College and started work the following Monday as a computer-networking engineer at a local television station, making about $50,000 a year. That's 15% higher than the average starting salary for graduates -- not only from community colleges, but for bachelor's degree holders from four-year universities... |
Hartford Courant - It's Official: Haley Cole Broke MCC's Single-Game Scoring Record (February 25, 2013) - The inquiries started coming in moments after Haley Cole scored 44 points in a dramatic, 83-75 come-from-behind victory over Bristol CC on December 22. Is that a new school record? After a thorough search of scorebooks dating back to the 1975-76 season and a discussion with MCC women's basketball godfather Peter Harris, it was determined that Cole had indeed set a new school record... |
Hartford Courant - Artist's Corner: John Lopes (February 24, 2013) - John Lopes, of East Hartford, graduated from Manchester Community College School of Art. He has painted commercial murals for businesses in the Hartford area, as well as residential murals for the past 10 years... |
Hartford Courant - Three School Districts to Create Gifted and Talented Academies (February 25, 2013) - The University of Connecticut will use a $500,000 grant to replicate Hartford's Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy - a school for the city's brightest young students - in the New London, Windham and Bridgeport school systems this year... |
CT Mirror - Auditors 'Concerned' With Education Department's Transparency (February 25, 2013) - When it came time for the state Department of Education to craft and implement controversial education reforms, the agency routinely turned to an organization not bound by public disclosure requirements to do its work -- an approach state auditors challenged last week... |
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CT Mirror - A $22 Million Breakfast (February 26, 2013) - With Connecticut ranking near the bottom among states in providing breakfast to low-income students, the federal government is offering a $22 million carrot to entice districts to launch breakfast and summer programs... |
Chronicle of Higher Ed - Changing England's "Downton Abbey" A View of Higher Education (February 22, 2013) - All higher-education systems have their pros and cons. In previous posts, I have mentioned things that make me nervous about higher education in the United States, including legacy admissions and how American universities have embraced market-oriented thinking... |
Inside Higher Ed - Taking the Plunge (February 20, 2013) - Apparently, Klamath Community College, in Oregon, has decided to make a series of changes to improve student success rates. Some of the changes are relatively straightforward, such as requiring academic advising and new student orientation. But it has gone farther than that, and eliminated late registration... |
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