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Nevada Professor Who Defended Math Standards Fights Suit Dismissal

A tenured math professor was back in court Monday, seeking to revive a First Amendment case that a U.S. District...

N.J. Community College Faculty Strike Against Student Advising Grant

A union of full-time faculty at a New Jersey community college say they’re striking—against participating in a single grant program...

Community College Students Struggle With Mental Health Challenges

Surveys of tens of thousands of community college students across the country found that many struggle with mental health challenges...
Illustration: A long, twisting road is shown between a house and college.

New Research Emphasizes Importance of College Proximity

Distance plays an outsize role in students’ academic outcomes, especially for certain minority students, according to two studies out of Texas and California.

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Positive Partnership: Creating Internships for Community College Students

Two-year college students are less likely to have paid internship experiences compared to their four-year peers. Community and institutional partnerships can provide additional opportunities for this population.

A Maricopa Community Colleges building with stacks of money overlaid onto it.

Maricopa Community Colleges Fight to Spend the Money They Already Have

Voters will decide Nov. 5 whether to raise a decades-old spending cap on one of the nation’s largest community college districts.

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‘This Program Exists Because of the Reinstatement of Pell’

A biology professor in Oregon dreamed of starting a degree program in a local prison just as Pell reinstatement was underway. Now hers is among the first programs where incarcerated students can receive the grants.

Students sit at desks in an Erie County Community College classroom.

A New Community College Sees Growth and Challenges

Erie County community members begged for a community college in their area. In fall 2021, they got one. How’s the upstart faring several years later?