October 31, 2013

MCC on Main Partners with Local Breweries to Promote Financial Education for Young Adults (October 30, 2013) - Budgeting, paying bills and managing debt are just a few of the money challenges young adults face as they transition from school to the real world. Yet, chances are, few of them received much guidance on handling these tasks during their formal education. According to the 2011 Survey of the States published by the Council for Economic Education, neither economics nor personal finance is a required course in Connecticut's K-12 curriculum...

Educators from The People's Republic of China Visit Manchester Community College (October 30, 2013)...Twenty-three educators from the People's Republic of China, representing ten of China's top-ranked universities, visited Manchester Community College...

Journal Inquirer - Laying the Groundwork (October 28, 2013) - Sen. Chris Murphy talks to pre-school students Friday at the Manchester Preschool Center in Manchester. Murphy visited Michelle Sullivan's Head Start class of prior to a round table discussion at Manchester Community College about his plans to introduce legislation that will make college more affordable...

Vernon Patch - Manchester Community College Alumni Networking Event (October 25, 2013) - Manchester Community College Alumni Affairs invites alumni, faculty, staff, and students to join us at a special alumni networking event held at the Manchester Community College Arts and Education Center - MCC on Main... 

(October 25, 2013) - MCC on Main Partners with Local Breweries to Promote Financial Education. Capitalizing on Connecticut's boom in handcrafted beer, a new evening series at Manchester's MCC on Main hopes to draw young adults for beer samplings, sliders and a shot of practical money advice...

Journal Inquirer - Manchester Lawmakers to Seek State Aid for Downtown (October 25, 2013) - Local legislators say they are seeking state aid to help downtown businesses rebuild and displaced persons find new homes following the weekend fire on Main Street... Great Harvest has had offers from local restaurants and churches to use their ovens in the interim, and the downtown campus of Manchester Community College offered space for it to sell its products...

Journal Inquirer - MCC Conference to Focus on Social Media's Role in Global Change (October 24, 2013) - Manchester Community College will host two speakers on Saturday to discuss the role of social media and its impact on global issues as part of the college's "Free Speech Week...

CT Mirror - UConn Seeks to Limit Credits Students Can Use From Community Colleges (October 30, 2013) - Even as thousands of University of Connecticut students choose to take some of their courses at a community college or other universities, officials are proposing to limit the number of transfer credits students can use toward their degree...

Inside Higher Ed - Still in Favor of the Flip (October 30, 2013) - Go ahead and postpone the conversation about the backlash against the flipped classroom model. Supporters and skeptics alike -- and even the researchers behind a seemingly critical new report -- say the discussion continues to be positive...

Community College Times - Colleges Help Students Avoid Default (October 28, 2013) - After Amy Matteo graduated from Clover Park Technical College (CPTC) in Washington in 2012 with a pharmacy degree, it took her eight months to find a job in her field. Then, after working for six months, she was laid off...

Inside Higher Ed - The Mess in SF  (October 24, 2013) - The first three months of City College of San Francisco's year of limbo were busy. But it's still too early to predict whether the college will be able to keep its accreditation and avoid shutting down...

Community College Times - AACC Launches Accountability System For Two-Year Colleges (October 23, 2013) - The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) today launches the first national accountability system to measure how two-year colleges perform in serving their more than 13 million students...

Community College Times - Tuition Increases Appear to Be Slowing Down (October 23, 2013) - Average tuition and fees for full-time students at community colleges rose 3.5 percent between 2012-13 and 2013-14, according to the College Board's Trends in College Pricing 2013 report, which will be released today...

The Redding Pilot - Zoning Enforcement Officer Moves on to New Challenge (October 26, 2013) - ...Working in Redding, I was able to cultivate a part-time adjunct teaching position at both Southern Connecticut State University and Manchester Community College," said Mr. Flanagan...Flanagan teaches geography at both Southern and Manchester...

Hartford Business Journal - Movers & Shakers (October 24, 2013) - The Greater Hartford Arts Council has selected five new directors and Charles D. Gill, senior vice president and general counsel at United Technologies, as board chairman. The five new directors include Jennifer Bosworth of Back9Network; Matthew Bromberg of UTC; Helen Frye of Prudential Retirement; Carol Garlick of Hartford Hospital; and Gena Glickman of Manchester Community College...

CT Mirror - Uconn, State Employees' Union Pact (Redux), and a Good Idea From NY (October 26, 2013) - Seven current or former UConn students this week said the university failed to protect them from sexual assault and, after learning about it, acted inappropriately or insufficiently. Celebrity civil rights attorney Gloria Allred is representing the women, who filed a Title IX complaint with the civil rights office of the U.S. Department of Education...

Inside Higher Ed - How Our Zombies Are Faring (October 31, 2013) - In an effort to better-understand differences among student subgroups, the institutional leadership requested an analysis of engagement levels among Zombie students...

Inside Higher Ed - You Make the Call! (October 30, 2013) - Readers of a certain age who are also baseball fans will remember Mel Allen's This Week in Baseball. Back when we were lucky to get one game a week on television, TWIB was a highlight show that set the stage for, say, SportsCenter...

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