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Celebrate With Us (September 4, 2013) - Please join with us in celebrating Manchester Community College's 50th Birthday on Tuesday, September 17 at 12:30 PM in the Campus Quad. The Birthday Bash will include food, fun, music, dance, giveaways, special guests - including our very own MCC Cougar - and, of course, birthday cake... |
MCC Appoints Interim Academic Dean (August 28, 2013) - Previously, Palmer was Dean of Academic Affairs at Naugatuck Valley Community College where she served as the college's chief academic officer, co-chair of the NEASC Self-Study, was responsible for the oversight of five academic divisions, managed a $10 million budget and provided for development, supervision and evaluation for all faculty members within the academic unit... |
Renovation of MCC's East Parking Lot Complete (August 28, 2013) - Tommy Williams was the first person to park his car in the renovated lot. As students return to classes the renovation of the East Parking Lot was completed. The project included a complete renovation and restoration of the East Parking Lot, including the creation of over 260 new parking spaces... |
Hartford Courant - MCC Offers EMT Preparation Course (September 1, 2013) - Manchester Community College's Continuing Education Division offers an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) course that fully prepares students to take the certification exam... |
Hartford Courant - Professional Development Courses Focus On Prep, Details (August 25, 2013) - Manchester Community College Instructor Beverly Salzman, M.B.A. and M.S. in psychology, brings her 20 years of business and executive nonprofit experience to several professional development courses offered by the MCC Continuing Education Division's Credit-Free Programs... |
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Chronicle of Higher Ed - More Students Turn to Social Media to Inform Their College Search (September 4, 2013) - The share of prospective students who used social-media Web sites to learn about colleges they were considering has more than doubled in the last four years, according to the results of a survey released on Wednesday. Even so, a majority of the students surveyed said they had not used such sites in their college search... |
Inside Higher Ed - Leaner and Meaner (September 3, 2013) - Round two of the battle over gainful employment regulations has begun. One week after President Obama announced a sweeping plan to rate colleges on value, the U.S. Department of Education released draft standards for the employment outcomes of academic programs at for-profit institutions and community colleges... |
Inside Higher Ed - Restrained Response, For Now (August 30, 2013) - In unveiling his ambitious second-term higher education agenda last week, President Obama teed up a wide-ranging debate -- and possibly a contentious fight -- over how, or whether, to overhaul the nation's financial aid system in a way that links federal support to colleges' and universities' performance... |
CT Mirror - As UConn Builds More Labs, Research Funding Shrinks (August 30, 2013) - Many research projects have stalled at the University of Connecticut as research funding dips. Over the past five fiscal years, annual research spending at UConn has declined by $61 million -- a 26 percent reduction... |
Inside Higher Ed - Free Courses for a Big Problem (July 19, 2013) - Free online courses have run into a backlash of late. But a handful of community colleges may have found a way to dial up open-source content to help tackle one of higher education's thorniest problems: remedial education... |
Journal Inquirer - South Windsor Police Announce New Deputy Chief (August 26, 2013) - Effective Sunday, the town will boast a new deputy chief of police. Lt. Timothy M. Edwards... Edwards holds a bachelor's degree from Central Connecticut State University in New Britain and an associate's degree from Manchester Community College... |
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Chronicle of Higher Ed - The Promise and Peril of Outcomes Assessment (September 3, 2013) - As a result of continuing pressure from regional accrediting associations, state legislatures, and coordinating boards for greater "accountability," increasing numbers of colleges are using some form of outcomes assessment. In many cases those assessments involve objective or standardized testing... |
Inside Higher Ed - Coming Up Short (September 2, 2013) - How do you know when you're an adult? According to Coming Up Short, by Jennifer Silva, today's working-class twenty-somethings answer that question differently than previous generations, including my own, did... |
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