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Community Colleges

Pasadena City College Wins First Place in NSF Community College Innovation Challenge

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) – partnering with the American Association of Community Colleges – announced the three winners of the Community College Innovation Challenge. Pasadena City College won first place, with a nanoparticle of silver wrapped in gold to treat cancer at lower cost and with fewer side effects than radiation and chemotherapy. […]

June 23, 2021

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AAC&U Report Highlights Results of Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Centers Effort

As part of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers effort, 10 colleges and universities used TRHT’s framework to address campus racism. Now, in a new report from the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), each of the 10 institutions describe the changes they made to address racial […]

July 2, 2020

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Higher Education Has a Role to Play in World Peace, Experts Say

Higher education has a role to play in creating world peace, according to peace and conflict studies scholars. On Tuesday, the U.S. Institute of Peace co-hosted a discussion with NAFSA: Association of International Educators titled “The Role of Higher Education in Resolving Conflict and Its Consequences,” in honor of International Education Week.

November 19, 2019

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Texas Inmates Graduate from Austin Community College

Friends and family gathered at Lockhart Correctional Facility in Texas to watch 14 women – 13 inmates and one former inmate – graduate from Austin Community College’s certified production technician program. The class was the first for incarcerated women funded by Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area, a Texas organization for recruitment and employment services. The […]

August 26, 2019

Community Colleges

At Innovation Conference, Poverty Among Issues Discussed

The League for Innovation in the Community College—an international nonprofit focused on student success and institutional excellence—used their annual conference to encourage college administrators, staff and faculty to think outside of the box in developing bold new initiatives for their students.

February 26, 2019

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San Jacinto College Students Get Free Online Textbooks and ‘Aid Like a Paycheck’

As a contender for the 2019 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, San Jacinto College’s efforts around student success have gone beyond the traditional means of access, affordability and completion to offering two programs that have helped reduce student loan default rates and increase student retention each semester.

June 28, 2018

Community Colleges

Roueche Made Profound Difference

Dr. Suanne Davis Roueche, a prolific educator, administrator and researcher who passed away in December, maintained a rigorous and active research and writing agenda while making a profound impact on community college education.

April 16, 2018