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Feds award Bergen Community College $4.5M to grow agriculture education

University Business

The federal government has awarded Bergen Community College a five-year, $4.5 jobs reside within the affiliated industries – including at farms, research laboratories, manufacturers, engineering firms and logistics companies. economic activity ($8.6 trillion) comes from the food and agriculture sector. economic activity ($8.6

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Proponents see value in Biden's free community college plan

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“What’s really important is just that we don’t lose sight of the fact that this is a potential game changer in how we actually finance public higher ed, and then the federal government needs to think about a change ultimately in the structure of how the federal government is helping fund public higher education.”

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Rural-Serving Institutions: Innovative Lessons for Higher Ed Success: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 147 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Andrew Koricich

The Change Leader, Inc.

The federal government alone uses dozens of definitions. Now it’s agriculture and advanced manufacturing. So, give us a little bit of background as a framework for our conversation if you would, please. Andrew Koricich 04:09 Sure. Every state uses different definitions. So, that’s where these colleges will be tied to.