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Public Universities, Prison-Made Furniture

Public universities in several states are obligated to buy furniture and other products made in state prisons, which some students call exploitative.

Endowments at 2-Year Colleges

Despite the presumption that endowments are a four-year college's game, community colleges have made significant gains in fundraising over the years.
Opinion

Community College Transfer: Everyone Benefits

Community college students are not just focused on vocational skills training but are also as committed to learning for its own sake as the students in selective liberal arts institutions, argues Michael Thurston.
Opinion

It’s Time to Get Rid of Distribution Requirements

We should redesign gen ed so that it doesn't package students' learning in a way that treats them as uninterested, unintellectual and incapable, argues Paul Hanstedt.

Decades of Service, 1-Year Contracts

Faculty members at Lee College object to new annual contracts and a proposal to eliminate division chairs but hope for the best under a new president.

Merger in Rural Minnesota

A community college district in rural Minnesota plan to merge accreditation and other services to combat enrollment drops.

Path to the Skies

Airlines are agitating for more pilots, making donations and partnering with university flight programs to help create a better pipeline of degree-toting aviators.

Swiss Apprenticeships in Utah

New program uses the European model to give students training for advanced manufacturing through a hybrid model blending an apprenticeship with coursework at Salt Lake Community College.