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Manchester Review Features Manchester Community College as it Turns 50 (November 27, 2013 - Dr. Gena Glickman, MCC president, and State Senator Steve Cassano '68 appear with host Jack Peak on Manchester Review in December to discuss MCC's growth over the years and to celebrate its 50th birthday... |
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MCC Alumni Networking Event Held at MCC on Main (November 22, 2013) - As part of the year-long celebration of its 50th birthday, Manchester Community College hosted an alumni networking event at MCC on Main, the college's downtown Manchester arts and education center, Friday, November 22... |
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MCC Continuing Education Releases Winter 2013/14 Intersession Catalog (November 22, 2013) -Manchester Community College has released its new Continuing Education Winter 2013/14 Intersession Catalog, with new course offerings for Credit Extension and Credit-Free Programs to help students accelerate their degree programs or pursue their lifelong-learning goals... |
Hartford Courant - Students Inducted Into International Business Honor Society (November 22, 2013) -The Alpha Beta Gamma international business honor society at Manchester Community College recently inducted 26 new members. Alpha Beta Gamma inductees must have a GPA of 3.0 for a minimum of 12 credits earned to qualify for membership... |
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Chronicle of Higher Ed - With an Eye Toward Retention, Colleges Amp Up Advising (December 2, 2013) - As colleges face a growing list of incentives to boost retention and graduation rates, and help students find jobs, many are overhauling their academic-advising operations... |
Chronicle of Higher Ed - For Chairs, the Seat's Gotten Hotter (December 2, 2013) - When Domenick J. Pinto first became a department chair, more than 25 years ago, it was a different job than it is today. Mr. Pinto, who still heads the department of computer science and information technology at Sacred Heart University, created the schedule of classes, advised students, hired adjuncts, evaluated faculty members, and reviewed the curriculum... |
New England Journal of Higher Ed - A Four-Step Plan to "Right-size" the Curriculum (December 2, 2013) - Since the beginning of the 21st century, there's been a growing concern about the escalating cost of an undergraduate education. With those concerns have come questions as to the real value of the education... |
Inside Higher Ed - Giving 'Voice to Faculty' (December 2, 2013) - If attacks on tenure are cyclical - and Cathy Trower thinks that they are - the outgoing director of research for the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education at Harvard University became interested in researching faculty careers during another "trough"... |
Inside Higher Ed - STEM-ming the Tide (November 27, 2013) - About half of bachelor's degree candidates in science, technology, engineering and math leave the field before completing a college degree, according to a report from the U.S. Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics... |
Inside Higher Ed - Experts of Engagement (November 27, 2013) - Keeping up with the latest social media trends is time-consuming even for digital natives, which is why some institutions have outsourced the task to experts in the field... |
Inside Higher Ed - Online Learning and Credential Completion (November 26, 2013) - The discipline of research on online learning is nascent enough, and the body of long-term studies thin enough at this point, that keeping tabs on the state of thinking is a bit like watching a table tennis match... |
Community College Daily - A Plan to Provide Affordable Dental Care (November 21, 2013) - Community colleges and workforce investment boards (WIBs) are ideal institutions to advocate for affordable dental care and to train the workforce to offer it, according to a new report... |
Journal Inquirer - Motola Joins Credit Union (December 3, 2013) - Sheri Motola of Manchester has joined American Eagle Federal Credit Union as the manager of the Manchester office, 304 Broad St. She'd been in retail banking for 18 years and previously held customer service and management positions with People's Bank, Webster Bank, TD Bank, and Rockville Bank. She has an associate's degree in liberal arts and science from Manchester Community College... |
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What if student learning counted as a metric in performance funding? Okay, that's wonky. To translate: right now, many states are either using or considering a formula to determine funding levels for public colleges that would tie funding to "performance" along some prescribed set of measures... |
Community College Daily - Demand for Health Care Training Continues to Grow (December 2, 2013) - As health care providers, patients and employers adjust to national health care law changes, which promise to extend medical coverage to 30 million previously uninsured Americans, community colleges are gearing up to keep pace with rising economic and societal demands for medical and allied health professionals... |
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