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MCC Receives Scholarship Fund Donation (January 28, 2014) - The Exposition Wheelmen Cycling Club recently presented the Manchester Community College Foundation Scholarship Fund with a check for $1,000. The donation was a portion of the proceeds raised by the running of the Aetna Silk City Cyclocross, presented by the Exposition Wheelmen Cycling Club... |
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EMT Course at MCC Prepares Students for Certification (January 28, 2014) - Manchester Community College's Continuing Education Division offers an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) training course that fully prepares students to take the certification exam. The MCC Credit-Free course is offered in partnership with the Ambulance Service of Manchester (ASM) LLC... |
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Manchester Community College Named as One of Top 150 in the Country (January 24, 2014) - Highlighting the critical importance of improving student success in America's community colleges, the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program today named Manchester Community College as one of the nation's top 150 community colleges eligible to compete for the 2015 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence and $1 million dollars in prize funds... |
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MCC to Host Meal and Class on French Cuisine; Other Cuisine Classes Offered (January 23, 2014) - Manchester Community College's Continuing Education Division continues its acclaimed series of cultural explorations with "A Taste of France: Join Us for an Authentic French Meal and Culinary Talk." This class/meal meets Tuesday evening, February 25, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the college's Culinary Arts Center... |
Community College Daily - Eligible Colleges Named for Next Aspen Prize (January 23, 2014) - The Aspen Institute has released the list of 150 community colleges that are eligible to apply for the biennial Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, which comes with $1 million in prize money... |
Journal Inquirer - MCC to Take Part in Study of Testing (January 23, 2014) - Manchester Community College has been selected as one of six colleges in the state and nearly 50 nationwide to join a multistate collaborative aimed at improving the effectiveness of student testing... |
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Inside Higher Ed - A Focus on Job Training (January 29, 2014) - In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Obama called for expanded access to apprenticeships and improved job training programs at community colleges that are better-aligned with the skills that employers demand... |
Inside Higher Ed - Preparedness Paradoxes (January 29, 2014) - The narrative that today's college graduates aren't prepared for work doesn't appear to be going away, no matter how much college officials (not to mention students) might like that. But one thing does seem to be changing: the willingness of higher education to address the issue... |
New England Board of Higher Ed - A "Wage Penalty" for For-Profit Students (January 28, 2014) - Community college students who transferred to for-profits in the early to mid-2000s earned roughly 7% less over the next decade than those who transferred to public or private nonprofit institutions, according to a study by the Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment housed at the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University Teachers College... |
Community College Daily - AACC Announces Short List for its Awards of Excellence (January 27, 2014) - The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is putting the extraordinary - often visionary - work of two-year colleges in the national spotlight with its second annual Awards of Excellence... |
Inside Higher Ed - High School Follows You (January 27, 2014) - A new study suggests that efforts to recruit more disadvantaged students to college by seeking those at disadvantaged high schools may be hindered if there are not simultaneous efforts to improve the high schools or to offer those students help once in college... |
Manchester Patch - Malloy Launches Climate Institute at UConn's Avery Point Campus in Groton (January 24, 2014) - Gov. Dannel P. Malloy today joined state and local officials for an event to launch the Institute for Community Resiliency and Climate Adaptation at UConn's Avery Point Campus in Groton - a new research center designed to strengthen efforts to help residents, communities, and businesses better prepare for the impacts of more severe weather and rising sea levels... |
Hartford Courant - Artist's Corner: Lauren Peoples (January 26, 2014) - I am a high school student at a Magnet school. I love taking art classes at my high school and I have recently had the privilege of taking a Drawing 1 class at Manchester Community College... |
Hartford Courant - Cahoots Salon Shares Business Expertise With Students (January 24, 2014) - Maureen Casorio, co-owner of Cahoots Salon and small business mentor, hosted an on-site visit with college student interns recently to share her experience, in a program developed by Accounting Connections... |
Hartford Courant - Aroma Bistro Owner Shares Business Expertise With Students (January 24, 2014) - Andre Volta, owner of Aroma Bistro and small business mentor, hosted an on-site visit with college student interns recently to share his experience as a small business owner, in a program developed by Accounting Connections... |
Inside Higher Ed - Congress Takes Note (January 24, 2014) - It's time for Congress to pay attention to the abuse of adjunct faculty members, and the way their poor working conditions impact not only them, but their students, says a new report from the House Education and the Workforce Committee... |
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Inside Higher Ed - One Big Fact and One Big Myth (January 29, 2014) - Belfield and Jenkins argue that current policy debates around community colleges are misguided because they fail to account for one big fact and they incorrectly believe one big myth. The big fact is that the personal and social returns on investment in community college education are substantial and growing. The big myth is that community college's financial troubles are the result of inefficiency... |
Inside Higher Ed - Credit for Non-Credit (January 26, 2014) - On the non-credit side, people ask that a lot. It's a complicated issue. Within the academic world, we tend to think of colleges as credit-granting institutions. And that's certainly a significant part of what we do. But particularly in the community college world, non-credit instruction is also popular and well-developed... |
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