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National Suicide Prevention Week (September 11, 2013) -A number of activities, supported by the Garrett Lee Smith Suicide Prevention Grant, were held this week at MCC to get the word out about suicide prevention....
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Continuing Education Helps Students Sharpen Computer Skills (September 6, 2013) - The jobs report released by the U.S. Department of Labor today continues to underscore the fact that people who keep their job skills up-to-date do best in a job market that is improving slowly but remains fiercely competitive...
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Journal Inquirer - Manchester Community College Resume Its Downtown Poetry, Music Series (September 10, 2013) - The Mishimaya-gat Spoken Word & Music Series kicks off its eighth season on Thursday, Sept. 19, from 7-9 p.m., in Manchester Community College's downtown performance space, MCC on Main Arts and Education Center...
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Hartford Courant - MCC Course Prepares Students For Pharmacy Tech Exam (September 8, 2013) - It's not news that the population is getting older and that, as it does, there is more call for pharmaceuticals that treat agerelated illnesses and conditions. What may not be widely known is that there is a greater need not just for pharmacists but also for technicians who support them...
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Hartford Courant - MCC Courses Geared To Businesses,Entrepreneurs (September 8, 2013) - Local businesses and entrepreneurs will be interested in the Fall 2013 selection of courses offered by Manchester Community College at the centrally located downtown "MCC on Main...
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Manchester Patch - MCC Celebrates 50th Birthday (September 5, 2013) - Guests invited to attend the celebration include legislators, the state's Board of Regents for Higher Education, local business and community leaders, town officials and MCC faculty, staff and students...
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Journal Inquirer - MCC Names Sandra Palmer as Interim Academic Dean (September 5, 2013) - Manchester Community College has appointed Sandra Palmer, a former official at Naugatuck Valley Community College, as interim dean of academic affairs...
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Inside Higher Ed - 'Cheating Lessons' (September 11, 2013) - Academic dishonesty is not on the rise, James M. Lang argues, despite periodic media flurries suggesting otherwise in the wake of various high-profile cheating scandals...
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Inside Higher Ed - Agree to Disagree (September 10, 2013) - If the first day of its meetings was any indication, the odds of a federally appointed panel reaching consensus on gainful employment regulations are slim to none...
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Inside Higher Ed - The Adjunct Advantage (September 9, 2013) - A major new study has found that new students at Northwestern University learn more when their instructors are adjuncts than when they are tenure-track professors...
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Norwich Bulletin - Guard Units Welcomed Home (September 11, 2013) - Soldiers of two Connecticut Army National Guard units recently back from overseas deployments received praise for their service...Spc. Luis Carrero of Willimantic attended the ceremony with his parents, Mari and Luis Carrero. "It's great to be appreciated," he said. "It was very, very nice," Mari Carrero said. A four-year member of the Guard, this was his first overseas deployment. Carrero said he is a full-time student now at Manchester Community College...
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CT Mirror - The 23 Goals of the New President at Connecticut's Largest College System (September 10, 2013) - Gregory Gray, the new president of the state's largest college system, has 23 goals. The president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education -- which oversees the state's dozen community colleges, four universities and online college -- on Tuesday informed regents that he has compiled a list of the items he intends to accomplish this year...
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Inside Higher Ed - Step by Step, Inch by Inch (September 11, 2013) - I was never a huge Three Stooges fan, but as a kid I'd catch a few minutes from time to time. (I'm told that the ability to tolerate the Stooges is only carried on the Y chromosome...
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Inside Higher Ed - Smartphones, YouTube, and Academic Freedom (September 10, 2013) - Remember when academic freedom was mostly about faculty and administration? When the goal was to convince pinheaded administrators to leave faculty alone to pursue truth as they saw fit...
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Community College Times - The Challenge of Transformational Change (September 6, 2013) - Institutional change is never an easy process. But community colleges now must address interlocking goals: to significantly improve outcomes, including degree completion, for an increasingly diverse student population; to achieve equity in those outcomes across student groups; and to do so at a lower cost per successful outcome...
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