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January 16, 2014
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MCC Credit-Free Programs Announces Nearly 100 New Courses for Spring 2014 (January 14, 2014) - Manchester Community College Credit-Free Programs has released its latest catalog of course offerings. The Spring 2014 catalog includes nearly 100 new in-depth courses taught by instructors who bring hands-on expertise as well as academic knowledge to their classrooms... |
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MCC Launches 50th Birthday Website (January 13, 2014) - Manchester Community College has been serving the citizens and communities of eastern Connecticut for 50 years. In honor of MCC's 50th birthday, a new website has been launched to commemorate MCC 50 years of excellence... |
Journal Inquirer - Written Words, Improvised Music at MCC on Main (January 14, 2014) - The Mishi-maya-gat Spoken Word & Music Series presents two writers along with a jazz group Thursday, Jan. 16, from 7 to 9 p.m., in Manchester Community College's downtown performance space, MCC on Main Arts and Education Center, 903 Main St... |
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(January 12, 2014) - Want to maximize your garden? Shady areas, attracting wildlife, rain gardens and more, the CMGA Symposium has something for you... This daylong event, which is open to the public, will be held March 15 at Manchester Community College, Manchester... |
Hartford Courant - School Choice Fairs Saturday in Manchester (January 8, 2014) - School choice fairs are scheduled Saturday at Manchester Community College, offering information and applications to parents interested in enrolling their children in a variety of Greater Hartford schools... |
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Chronicle of Higher Ed - Behind Summit, Access, Affordability, and Completion Pose Conflicting Goals (January 15, 2014) - The policy goal at the heart of this week's White House summit-college access-has become more complex as it has evolved. While increasing college access remains a key national goal, it must now compete with two other higher-education priorities: completion and affordability... |
Inside Higher Ed - Tempered Expectations (January 15, 2014) - After two years of hype about massive open online courses, academic leaders' expectations of all of online education have taken a small but remarkable step back... |
Chronicle of Higher Ed - Doubts About MOOCs Continue to Rise, Survey Finds (January 15, 2014) - Academic leaders increasingly think that massive open online courses are not sustainable for the institutions that offer them and will "cause confusion about higher-education degrees," according to the results of an annual survey... |
Chronicle of Higher Ed - Budget Agreement Would Give NIH and Pell Grants a Boost (January 14, 2014) - Federal lawmakers reached agreement late Monday on a long-overdue spending bill for the 2014 fiscal year that would provide an additional $1-billion for the National Institutes of Health and raise the maximum Pell Grant by an estimated $85, to $5,730... |
Inside Higher Ed - No Longer Free (January 13, 2014) - Cooper Union trustees rejected a last-ditch effort to keep the New York City college free. Their vote Friday makes it all but certain, following months of controversy, that the college's legacy of free education will end for incoming students this fall... |
New England Journal of Higher Ed - Another Brick in the Wall? Increased Challenges Face the Physical Campus (January 13, 2014) - Presidents, trustees and senior administrators at New England colleges and universities all feel the pressures: keep tuition down, be competitive academically and make sure the physical campus draws talent from a shrinking pool of traditional high school graduates and new nontraditional students... |
Inside Higher Ed - New Approach to Transfer (January 9, 2014) - A group of 16 public institutions in four Western states have agreed to a transfer agreement based on what students know rather than on the courses they have taken or the credits they have earned... |
- When Daquan McGee got accepted to the Borough of Manhattan Community College in the spring of 2010, he was 19 and still finding his footing after a two-year prison sentence for attempted robbery. He signed up for the standard battery of placement tests in reading, writing, and math; took them cold; and failed two-writing and math... |
Journal Inquirer - Twins Win Plaudits For Enfield Police Dog Painting, Seek Career (January 14, 2014) - For twin sisters, what started as a hobby may be turning into a career opportunity. Vanessa and Ashley Caswell of Somers are photorealist artists...The sisters graduated from Somers High School in 2007 and attended Asnuntuck Community College in Enfield before transferring to Manchester Community College... |
Reminder News - Scott Sansom Sworn in as East Hartford's New Police Chief (January 3, 2014) - Scott Sansom, the new chief of police for East Hartford, was officially sworn into office during a brief ceremony...Sansom has an associate's degree from Manchester Community College, a bachelor's degree from Central Connecticut State University and a master's degree in public policy from Trinity College... |
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Inside Higher Ed - Tech Alone Won't Cut It (January 13, 2014) - The news that Purdue University likely overstated the impact of its early warning system, Course Signals, has cast doubt about the efficacy of a host of technology products intended to improve student retention and completion... |
Inside Higher Ed - How Do You Know the Level of Academic Degree to Specify For a Given Job? (January 13, 2014) - Some cases are relatively obvious. Doctors and lawyers have relatively clear-cut requirements, although they're less clear than they once were. (More accurately, more tasks that used to be the unique province of doctors have moved to other people. The same is true of lawyers.) Within academia, accrediting agencies set rules about minimum degree requirements. The rules aren't absolute... |
Inside Higher Ed - New Approach to Transfer (January 9, 2014) - A group of 16 public institutions in four Western states have agreed to a transfer agreement based on what students know rather than on the courses they have taken or the credits they have earned... |
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