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New initiative seeks to boost value of community college degrees

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From 2023 through 2028, ten community colleges across the nation will have the opportunity to participate in a program that will boost their reputations in a big way. The Aspen Institute, in partnership with the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Teacher College, Columbia University, leads the initiative.

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Community colleges suffer from employee shortages

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Community colleges across the country are struggling to recruit and hire new people after losing faculty and staff members in droves during the pandemic. College leaders report staffing losses at all levels, including IT workers, student success professionals, dining hall workers and executive leaders, she said.

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6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023

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Blogs 6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023 For the past two years, it’s been difficult to focus on anything beyond the immediate consequences of the pandemic. But now as we find ourselves stabilizing, it’s time to pause and take stock of the full landscape facing community colleges. get your copy 2.

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Mississippi Bill Would Mandate 3 College Closures

Confessions of a Community College Dean

If the bill passes, IHL will have until June 30, 2025, to select them, with closure mandated by 2028. The legislation—Senate Bill 2726—doesn’t specify the three, deferring that decision to the Institutions of Higher Learning, which oversees the state’s eight public universities.

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Texas A&M Shutters Controversial Qatar Campus

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Texas A&M University will close its campus in Qatar by 2028, ending a 21-year partnership with the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, run by the Qatari government.

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Are cannabis programs set to become higher education’s next darling?

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By 2028, others put the cannabis industry’s market cap at nearly $200 billion. Portland Community College offers three different programs which span only nine weeks and cost less than a thousand dollars. The economic impact is becoming difficult to ignore.

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Updates on capital campaigns

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Starting Out Chapman University is starting a campaign to raise $500 million by 2028. Finishing Up College of St. The university has raised $315 million so far. Mount Saint Mary’s University , of Maryland, has started a campaign to raise $50 million. To date, the university has raised $22 million.