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Illustration of five stacks of coins with a hand placing an extra coin on the last, tallest stack.
Illustration of five stacks of coins with a hand placing an extra coin on the last, tallest stack.

‘More Refined’ Performance-Based Funding for Community Colleges

June 15, 2023

Oregon and other states are on the verge of embracing new performance-based funding models for their community colleges. Higher ed experts say these kinds of models have changed in recent years.

Cover of America’s Hidden Economic Engines: How Community Colleges Can Drive Shared Prosperity, edited by Robert Schwartz and Rachel Lipson
Cover of America’s Hidden Economic Engines: How Community Colleges Can Drive Shared Prosperity, edited by Robert Schwartz and Rachel Lipson

‘America’s Hidden Economic Engines’

June 14, 2023

A new book from the Harvard Project on Workforce paints community colleges as pivotal for economic prosperity. The book’s editors and a community college president discuss why.

Harry Williams, CEO of TMCF, stands with Patricia Sims, president of Drake State Community & Technical College, and Kemba Chambers, president of Trenholm State Community College. All three Black leaders are smiling.
Harry Williams, CEO of TMCF, stands with Patricia Sims, president of Drake State Community & Technical College, and Kemba Chambers, president of Trenholm State Community College. All three Black leaders are smiling.

A ‘Perfect Marriage’

June 9, 2023

A group of historically Black community colleges is joining the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Leaders of the often-overlooked institutions say the move will bring them new and much-needed resources.

Navajo Technical University president Elmer Guy and Wafa Hozien, university academic administrator, stand together smiling at a campus event celebrating the new Ph.D. program. Both are wearing colorful Native prints.
Navajo Technical University president Elmer Guy and Wafa Hozien, university academic administrator, stand together smiling at a campus event celebrating the new Ph.D. program. Both are wearing colorful Native prints.

A New Ph.D. Program Fulfills an Old Dream

June 8, 2023

Navajo Technical University will become the first tribal university to offer a Ph.D. program this fall. Tribal college and university leaders are celebrating the move.