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Hartford Courant - MCC Helps Students Sharpen Computer Skills (September 22, 2013) - The jobs report just released by the U.S. Department of Labor 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. Manchester Community College's Continuing Education Division offers computer technology education and training through its Credit-Free Programs... |
Reminder News - Manchester Community College Celebrates its 50th Birthday (September 19, 2013) - Manchester Community College took time out from classes to enjoy a celebration for its 50th birthday on Sept. 17. Several dignitaries joined students and faculty to commemorate the event... |
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CT Mirror - Enrollment Declines Again At Connecticut State Universities and Community Colleges (September 25, 2013) - Following years of steady increases, enrollment at the state's largest public college system is down for the fourth consecutive year. The 4.3 percent decline in enrollment since 2009 at the state's community colleges and the four Connecticut State Universities translates to nearly 4,200 fewer students... |
Inside Higher Ed - Have Credential, Will Travel (September 25, 2013) - Many community college students in Texas are getting jobs in the state's turbo-charged oil and gas industry... |
Inside Higher Ed - Cost Tipping Point? (September 23, 2013) - Has the rising cost of college reached a tipping point? Perhaps not, said three panelists at the National Association of College Admissions Counselors' annual conference in here last week... |
Community College Times - Implementation Teams Finish Their Work (September 23, 2013) - The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is on track for crafting an "action plan" to help two-year colleges implement the recommendations of an AACC report that sets a national vision for colleges for the next decade... |
Inside Higher Ed - Protected Tweet? (September 23, 2013) - Faculty advocates and free speech experts criticized the University of Kansas Friday after it put a tenured journalism professor on indefinite leave for a controversial tweet he posted in the aftermath of the recent Washington Navy Yard shooting... |
Community College Times - States Experiment With Performance-Based Funding (September 20, 2013) - A new report from the Education Policy Center at the University of Alabama identifies several "lessons learned" based on a review of states' experiences with performance-based funding (PBF) in higher education... |
Inside Higher Ed - Credit for Service (September 19, 2013) - Statewide higher education offices in seven Midwestern states have banded together to help student veterans earn college credit for the training and experience they receive in the U.S. military... |
Hartford Courant - The Post Graduation World For Glastonbury High School's Class of 2013 (September 25, 2013) - Ninety-seven percent of Glastonbury High School's Class of 2013 headed off to two- or four-year colleges, according to the guidance department...Manchester Community College topped the two-year college list with 54 students attending... |
Community College Times - ED Seeks Ideas on Proposed College Ratings, TAACCCT (September 24, 2013) - U.S. Education Under Secretary Martha Kanter wants community college leaders to chime in on the Obama administration's proposal to rate higher education institutions and on how to ensure programs funded through a $2-billion job training initiative thrive and spread... |
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Inside Higher Ed - Look! A New Thing! (September 24, 2013) - A longtime correspondent writes: So here's one for you. I'm on the planning committee (at a multi-campus institution) for a project to develop individual campus initiatives designed to improve the delivery of higher education... |
Chronicle of Higher Ed - 2-Year Students Have Long Had 4-Year Dreams (September 23, 2013) - Last month the National Student Clearinghouse released a report showing that more than 60 percent of community-college students who transferred to four-year universities ultimately earned bachelor's degrees within six years after transfer... |
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