Community colleges must share in higher education recovery
Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA) – February 22, 2010
Schwarzenegger's education plan does nothing to help the 110 California community colleges, which provide workforce training and are the practical option for most low-income students.
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Library Remains a Vibrant Part of Large Urban Community College
Community College Week – February 22, 2010
There have been many concerns expressed over the last decade about the role of the college library in an age of easy availability of information online.
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Pet Projects
Community College Week – February 22, 2010
On a former Arabian horse farm outside Waco, Texas, students enrolled in McLennan Community College work toward a prized certificate – an associate of applied science degree in veterinary technology.
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Tech schools look grayer these days
Athens Banner-Herald (Athens, GA) – February 21, 2010
Students have crowded into Athens Technical College in record numbers in the past year, and the fastest-growing group of people signing up for classes has a little gray in its hair.
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Ky. bill would clarify college credit transfers
Cincinnati.com (Cincinnati, OH) – February 20, 2010
Many Kentucky Community and Technical College students face a continuous struggle. These students take lower-division level transfer classes only to discover later that that the degree requirements have changed at the other institution.
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Minority Report | American universities are accepting more minorities than ever. Graduating them is another matter.
Newsweek (New York, NY) – February 19, 2010
Barry Mills, the president of Bowdoin College, was justifiably proud of Bowdoin's efforts to recruit minority students.
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