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Crunch time for community colleges: Two-year institutions face major challenges as enrollment numbers rise in tough economy

Piedmont Virginia Community College hopes to boost enrollment with new child-minding service for parents who are students

Manchester Community College in Connecticut receives $1.3 million gift, will create satellite campus to accommodate growing enrollment

Enrollment at Georgia's technical colleges drops by 12,000 students, leaders blame reduced scholarship funding

Kellogg Community College unveils welding lab renovations, expands as enrollment growth continues

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• 2013(8)
• May (1)

• Khan Academy founder, Sal Khan, pledges to work closely with America's two-year institutions

• March (1)

• Co-winners of the 2013 Aspen Prize for Excellence: Santa Barbara City College and Walla Walla Community College

• February (5)

• Montgomery County Community College in Pennsylvania introduces new mascot

• Washtenaw Community College in Michigan bucks trend, says it does not plan to offer 4-year degrees

• Labor groups and faculty paying close attention to how California's Solano Community College spends its $348 million bond money

• Mt. Hood Community College in Oregon sees increased numbers of female students enrolling in its funeral service education program

• Harford Community College in Maryland votes unanimously to extend president Dennis Golladay's contract

• January (1)

• Cabrillo College in California names John Hendrickson interim president and approves search firm to seek permanent leader

• 2012(71)
• December (6)

• Brevard Community College in Melbourne, Florida will change name to Eastern Florida State College in 2013

• Salem Community College in New Jersey cutting three sports programs to reduce operating costs

• Grand Rapids Community College faculty leaders say Michigan's right-to-work law will reduce union membership

• Board at Mott Community College in Michigan seeks replacement for trustee Pamela Faris, who resigned to serve in public office

• Berkshire Community College in Massachusetts opens newly-renovated environmental center

• Vivian Mathews Presley announces her retirement as president of Coahoma Community College in Mississippi

• October (2)

• More California community colleges exploring new fundraising strategies, ways to inspire greater alumni giving

• More California community colleges exploring new fundraising strategies, ways to inspire greater alumni giving

• September (5)

• Bronx Community College students, faculty and administrators enjoying architectural beauty, grandness of school's new library

• Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick appoints six new Roxbury Community College board members

• Mark Heinrich selected as new chancellor of Alabama's community college system

• California community college system selects Erik Skinner as interim chief to replace retiring chancellor Jack Scott

• College of Marin in California adjusts to financial squeeze that has led to fewer course offerings, higher student fees

• August (1)

• Donald Plotts announces he will retire in March as president of North Central State College in Ohio

• June (5)

• Jose Ortiz, new chancellor of the Peralta Community College District in California to receive $260,000 base salary

• City College of San Francisco urged by Califorina's CC system to stop paying trustees for missed board meetings

• Deadline for applying to be Alabama two-year college system chancellor extended two weeks to July 13

• Embattled Roxbury Community College president Terrence Gomes steps down

• Police charge bursar Theresa Pelow with embezzling $150,000 from Pennsylvania Highlands Community College

• May (24)

• California community college system chancellor Jack Scott asks Santa Monica college to hold off on higher-priced classes

• AACC president Walter Bumphus: "We need to completely reimagine community colleges for today and the future"

• Leaders of Pennsylvania’s 14 community colleges say they are ready to meet the challenges set forth in forward-thinking AACC report

• Under pressure from students, Bergen Community College trustees give voting status to alumni member

• Glendale Community College trustees opt for naming interim president while searching for new leader

• The American Association of Community Colleges appoints 10 new members to its 32-member board of directors

• Southeastern Community College in Iowa hires executive search firm P.J. Greufe and Associates to help recruit its next president

• Seven sitting presidents among 9 finalists vying to be next president of Edison State College in Florida

• Salt Lake Community College students protest proposed elimination of school's popular cosmetology program

• Hostos Community College president Felix Matos Rodriguez named grand marshal of New York's Puerto Rican Day Parade

• Chancellor Constance Carroll and community college presidents in San Diego amplify their message, begin lobbying for tax hike

• Napa Valley College trustees hear proposals from two executive recruitment firms, will launch national search for new president

• National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship names three new board members

• Edison State College in Florida sets salary range for its next president, base pay will be between $211,080 and $316,620

• Trustees approve $225,000 salary for Stan Carrizosa, newly-named president of College of the Sequoias in California

• Walters State Community College in Tennessee hopes to attract top part-time instructors at its May 29 adjunct faculty job fair

• City Colleges of Chicago honors seven professors for their teaching excellence and service to students

• Retired administrator files age discrimination lawsuit against Jefferson Community College in New York

• Adjunct faculty members at Kalamazoo Valley Community College in Michigan form union

• NISOD's international community college conference to draw executives, administrators and faculty from more than 400 colleges

• April (5)

• Cloud County Community College in Kansas will lower its three wind turbines to comply with federal aviation guidelines

• Dozens of Santa Monica College students protest college's plan to offer high-priced classes, police pepper-spray protesters

• Crunch time for community colleges: Two-year institutions face major challenges as enrollment numbers rise in tough economy

• California community colleges considering limiting the number of times students can retake art and physical education classes

• Mesa Community College in Arizona moves its culinary studies program to sister school - Scottsdale Community College

• March (14)

• Modesto Junior College vice president Karen Walters Dunlap leaves abruptly

• Jack Scott announces that he will retire in September as chancellor of California's state community college system

• Constance Carroll named chairwoman of the League for Innovation in the Community College's governing board

• Freida Hill resigns as chancellor of Alabama's two-year college system after 27 months on the job

• Solano Community College in California drops football and aquatics teams

• Bristol Community College faculty and administrators rally to protest governor's plan to overhaul Massachusetts two-year college system

• Pellissippi State Community College in Tennessee buys building, will expand with new campus in the fall

• Wayne County Community College District in Detroit partners with Infosys in fast-track program to produce software engineers

• Marketing campaign officials: Community colleges can improve their graduation rates by helping students avoid unplanned pregnancies

• Community College of Philadelphia faculty union votes against strike, but will continue to push for changes

• Los Angeles Community College District hires James O’Reilly to oversee its $6-billion campus rebuilding program

• Mississippi community colleges seek 39 percent increase in state funding

• 678 adjunct instructors at Bergen Community College in New Jersey have unionized

• Hudson Valley Community College and other two-year colleges in New York will receive $39 million in state funding

• February (4)

• Community College of Philadelphia makes new offer to faculty and staff union with hopes of reaching contract agreement

• Community colleges boosting U.S. economy by being entrepreneurial, flexible and responsive to needs of employers

• California Community Colleges system announces new round of budget cuts

• Alabama community college system chancellor Freida Hill attempts to quell rumors, says she has no plans to resign

• January (5)

• Louisiana community college system chief Joe May says state's new funding formula penalizes some schools

• Montgomery County Community College in Pennsylvania heats up plans for new culinary arts institute

• Chancellor Jim Petro wants Ohio community colleges to schedule courses in blocks, says change will improve graduation rates

• College of DuPage president Robert Breuder: Change state law to allow Illinois community colleges to build on-campus housing

• In response to state budget cuts, California community colleges prepare to ration their course offerings like water in a drought

• 2011(164)
• December (6)

• Boomers heading back to community colleges

• Eyeing growth, Muskegon Community College in Michigan considers purchasing building which houses city's daily newspaper

• Suburban Chicago community colleges making plans to spend millions on bricks-and-mortar expansion

• California's community college leaders poised to approve plan that would ration classes for thousands of students

• Budget cuts at California community colleges pushing more students to more for-profit schools

• Mississippi community colleges face barrage of nursing applicants, struggling to meet demand

• November (17)

• No residence hall for now: Glendale Community College in California rejects proposal from developer to build on-campus dormitory

• Ivy Tech Community College faculty member Craig Porter dies after falling from tower used for teaching wind turbine technology

• Central Arizona College president Dennis Jenkins resigns amid internal investigation

• Louisiana Delta Community College adding new night courses to make it easier for working adults to further their education

• Salt Lake Community College changes to selective admissions for its health programs

• Clatsop Community College in Oregon will layoff 15 of its 39 full-time faculty members

• Hearing reveals former Williston State College president Joe McCann pushed out

• Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College president Hank Dunn argues for sales tax increase

• Bogus instructor who allegedly scammed Fresno City College students took cash and taught classes at off-campus coffee shop

• Los Angeles Community College District takes steps to fire third major contractor involved in its $5.7-billion construction program

• Community Colleges in Washington, D.C. area attracting more affluent students

• Muskegon Community College in Michigan needs more space, seeks state assistance for new science wing on campus

• Boston Foundation report calls for merging Bunker Hill and Roxbury community colleges into one school with two campuses

• Piedmont Virginia Community College hopes to boost enrollment with new child-minding service for parents who are students

• Mohave Community College in Arizona tackles remediation with new twist in its online learning communities

• Presidents of community colleges in Western Massachusetts defend their campuses in wake of critical report by Boston group

• Bergen Community College president Jose Adames tells faculty members that accreditation warning is only a "bump in the road"

• October (17)

• Students enrolling less and taking lighter course loads at Michigan community colleges

• New Hampshire's Work Ready program partners with community colleges to help unemployed job seekers improve skills

• New River Community and Technical College in West Virginia named in job discrimination lawsuit

• Howard College in Texas partners with Angelo State U. to increase the numbers of Hispanic students completing STEM degrees

• Decision to declare financial emergency at Washington state's community colleges draws concern from faculty union

• Manchester Community College in Connecticut receives $1.3 million gift, will create satellite campus to accommodate growing enrollment

• California community colleges awarded nearly $7 million to help students cope with stress, anxiety, and depression

• University of Texas at Brownsville working to dissolve partnership with Texas Southmost College

• Contra Costa Community College District revives debate over which companies it hires for major construction projects

• Portland Community College will rename its technology education building to honor former Oregon state Sen. Margaret Carter

• Solano Community College in California considers redrawing districts to reflect new demographics

• Report: States spending billions of tax dollars on community college students who drop out before completing their studies

• Los Angeles Community College District to part ways with contractor and management firm linked to troubled rebuilding program

• Central Arizona College will investigate its president who is accused of intimidating employees and jeopardizing the school's accreditation

• Catawba Valley Community College reinstates student suspended for Facebook comments

• Review: Some community college and for-profit college websites lack important information

• Mott Community College faculty union urges school to make fast decision on which health insurance plan it will choose

• September (12)

• Task force recommends major changes to the way community colleges in Nevada are run

• Ivy Tech Community College launches Corporate College workplace training program, hopes to serve 100,000 employees annually

• Education Department cracks down to stop Pell grant scam artists from manipulating community college financial aid systems

• Nevada's community colleges, which serve 114,000 students, seek to change to their admissions policies

• Thousands of community college retirees in Illinois collecting hefty pension checks, investigation finds

• League for Innovation in the Community College research seeks ways to use social media to improve student success and retention

• City controller Wendy Greuel will investigate Los Angeles Community College District's hiring of construction watchdog

• Atlantic Cape Community College in New Jersey launches first major capital and scholarship fundraising campaign

• Joliet Junior College will name new $70 million campus center after late college president Gena Proulx

• Faculty members go on strike at Cincinnati State Technical & Community College

• Maryland governor Martin O'Malley replaces the majority of board members at Baltimore City Community College

• Enrollment at Georgia's technical colleges drops by 12,000 students, leaders blame reduced scholarship funding

• August (16)

• California audit criticizes Los Angeles Community College District's spending on campus construction projects

• San Mateo County Community College District in California to put $564 million bond measure on November ballot

• Genesee Community College in New York approves new strategic plan

• Owens Community College in Ohio opens new welding design center

• Financial cutbacks at community colleges in California cause students to scramble for classes

• More community colleges in New York considering building on-campus student housing

• California community colleges create $67 million scholarship fund to help thousands of students annually

• Maricopa Community College system relying more on adjunct instructors

• St. Cloud Technical & Community College opens new health sciences building

• Washtenaw Community College in Michigan copes with new federal financial aid requirements

• Anne Arundel Community College questions legality of county audit, seeks opinion of Maryland attorney general

• Glendale Community College in California will privatize struggling bookstore

• Mott Community College in Michigan considers dropping automobile body technology degree program

• "My Brother's Keeper" program at Santa Fe College in Florida aims to improve retention and success rates of black males

• Student arrested after posting threatening Twitter message about Des Moines Area Community College

• Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana will enroll record-breaking 113,000 students this fall

• July (11)

• Gadsden State Community College president Darryl Harrison resigns abruptly, interim to be named Friday

• Community college leaders in North Carolina say $5 million cost-savings merger plan would be more trouble than it is worth

• Newly-formed Commission on the Future of Community Colleges will take holistic look at the mission of America's two-year colleges

• Hawkeye Community College in Iowa awarded contract to create "virtual hospital" room and new transportation training center

• Jim Drake, president of Brevard Community College in Florida, requests paid leave of absence to finish writing book

• Durham Technical Community College's Gateway to College program giving high school dropouts second chance

• Jason Liptow, a former community college instructor who was fired over Facebook posting, says his union activity was real reason for firing

• North Carolina governor Beverly Perdue urges lawmakers to reject plan that would merge several of the state's 58 community colleges

• San Mateo County Community College District in California plans to close its 4-year old Coastside campus

• Maricopa Community College Foundation creates scholarship fund for disenfranchised gay youth

• Pima Community College considers ending open-admissions policy and eliminating school's lowest-level remedial education classes

• June (19)

• Austin Community College expects to lose about $10 million in state funding for next year’s budget

• Gulf Coast Community College changes name to Gulf Coast State College after becoming bachelor's degree-granting institution

• Hundreds of California community college students who pay extra fees to access online course content may be owed a refund

• More than 100 Bergen Community College faculty and staff members protest leadership of BCC president Jerry Ryan

• Washington state's budget cuts to community and technical colleges hurting programs that could lead to new careers

• College of DuPage in Illinois ousts Cathy Stablein as faculty adviser to school's student newspaper, editors question move

• Car won't be among the perks for the next president of Washington State Community College

• Ron Erickson ousted as president of Hocking College in Ohio after months-long fued with the college's trustees

• College of DuPage in Illinois considers de-annexing from the town of Glen Ellyn

• Philanthropists donate popular full-power FM commercial radio station to Meridian Community College in Mississippi

• Austin Community College plans to acquire shopping mall parcel, will build new classrooms and administrative offices

• New Rutgers U. academic center at Atlantic Cape Community College will house programs offering bachelor's, graduate degrees

• Obama: Business partnerships with nation’s community colleges can help lower unemployment rate and spur economic growth

• Montgomery County Community College launches program to help women entrepreneurs grow their businesses

• Texas community college leaders say state funding won't be enough to meet growth

• Chancellor Cheryl Hyman says City Colleges of Chicago ready to move forward with four newly-hired presidents

• Student sues Pellissippi State Community College, claims he was denied his right to preach and hand out Christian literature

• Bill allowing Michigan's 28 community colleges to award 4-year degrees passes, but faces continued opposition from universities

• Flathead Valley Community College in Montana receives record $4 million donation to build nursing and health education center

• May (12)

• UMass Lowell offers 100 percent tuition waiver for top community college transfer students

• Study: Plan to push community colleges into a more prominent role in Tennessee higher education is working

• Community colleges in North Carolina might see 50 percent reduction in lottery funding for student scholarships

• Clackamas Community College houses new center to help military families secure benefits, education, legal help, and child care

• Lane Community College in Oregon might charge students more and pay employees less to close budget gap

• John Cantalupo, Brookdale Community College board of trustees attorney, resigns amid investigation of president's office

• Former student sues Community College of Allegheny County, says she was forced out of school over Facebook posting

• Community colleges in North Carolina required to offer student loans beginning July 1

• Student aid program at Yuba College terminated after investigation‎

• Gates Foundation plans to invest millions over five years in three community colleges in Ohio

• Prairie State College in Illinois joins other community colleges across nation, will offer midnight classes

• Columbus State Community College president David Harrison exceeds expectations, but turns down pay raise

• April (11)

• Official says it could take several more years before Compton Community College regains the accreditation it lost in 2005

• Four Alabama community colleges have cut all or some athletics programs this year in response to budget cuts

• Audit: Former Brookdale CC president Peter Burnham misled college officials and billed school for clothing, alcohol, personal trips

• Russell Davis resigns as president of Gloucester County College amid financial records review

• Community college students in California will link hands across hundreds of miles to raise funds for scholarships

• Elgin Community College and its faculty reach tentative contract agreement, will likely avoid strike

• Joe May, president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System says new business model needed for LCTCS

• Aspen Institute's selection of America's 120 "best" community colleges draws criticism over how schools were chosen

• New Jersey to review pay packages of community college presidents after misspending allegations led to two presidential ousters

• Frederick Community College's multicultural office aims to reveal students' options

• Ivy Tech Community College and Indiana U. to share information technology center, save taxpayers more than $17 million

• March (14)

• Frederick Community College expects to add two electric vehicle-charging stations to its campus this spring

• Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon begins construction of new downtown campus

• Large fuel spill clean up could cost Muskegon Community College $140,000

• Bevill State Community College and Northwest Shoals Community College announce plans to shut down their athletic departments

• Baltimore City Community College to eliminate 14 degree programs in effort to streamline courses

• New United Parcel Service initiative designed to bring together community colleges, business to improve workforce

• Dermatologist Norman Levan gives $14 million donation to Bakersfield College for scholarships

• Northern Virginia Community College officials kick off the campus’s first major expansion project in more than two decades

• Karen Bleeker out as president of Community College of Denver after nearly three years on job

• Essex County College faculty members issues no-confidence vote, details list of complaints against president

• Bill that would prohibit community colleges in Florida from granting tenure to faculty members passes key legislative committee

• Legendary "The Price is Right" host Bob Barker gives Hudson Valley CC Foundation $100,000 for animal advocacy courses

• Southwest Virginia Community College and Bluefield College sign agreement to grant more nursing degrees

• 400,000 students could be turned away from California's community colleges next fall

• February (13)

• Survey finds that California community colleges not producing enough health workers, schools cite inadequate funding

• Helen Benjamin, chancellor of Contra Costa Community College District takes voluntary 5-percent pay cut

• Atlantic Cape Community College to offer degree in new media studies

• College of the Sequoias would lose more than 1,000 students if budget proposal approved

• Ivy Tech’s plan to build $20 million campus in Anderson, Ind. clears another hurdle, avoids budget cuts

• Accrediting commission removes California's Diablo Valley College from probation

• Howard Community College student Sarah Blake flees turmoil in Egypt

• Idaho’s system of electing community college trustees faces a potential legislative shakeup

• Bristol Community College in Massachusetts to offer free advanced nursing assistant program

• Ozarks Technical Community College will not dip into its $19.7 million reserve to cover possible loss in state funding

• Michelle Aheron resigns as director of Nashville State Community College's Cookeville campus

• Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's budget cuts will not impact Delta College, other community colleges across state

• Brookdale Community College president Peter Burnham's benefits and bonus package draws heavy criticism

• January (16)

• Some community college professors say that accrediting agencies are heavy-handed, too focused on "policing"

• Judge rules in favor of Johnson County Community College nursing student Doyle Byrnes in placenta photo case

• Lansing Community College offers its first scholarship for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students

• Owens Community College introduces "green degree," a two-year Associates degree in alternative energy

• In Massachusetts, Northern Essex Community College's new campus to help students in growing health and technology fields

• Washington Governor Chris Gregoire considers changing the way community colleges throughout state win construction funding

• California community colleges create task force to improve degree and certificate completion rates over next decade

• Wal-Mart may team up with new community college in Washington, D.C. to form job training program

• Arizona Governor Jan Brewer wants to cut 50 percent of state funding for community colleges

• In Texas, critics fuming over proposed budget that calls for closing four of the state's community colleges

• Gulf Coast Community College board votes unanimously to change name to Gulf Coast State College

• Bill seeks compensation equity for California's adjunct community college instructors

• Montgomery College in Maryland sued over policy that grants in-county tuition to some illegal immigrants

• Washington State Community College employees to get emotional training, aimed at improving campus culture

• Kellogg Community College unveils welding lab renovations, expands as enrollment growth continues

• U.S. Labor Department announces $500 million in community college, career training grants

• 2010(104)
• December (10)

• Leaders of Maryland's 16 community colleges pledge to increase the number of degrees they award by nearly two-thirds by 2025

• Lane Community College in Oregon drops class about Islam after questions raised about the course's instructor, Barry Sommer

• Pay raises for Dallas County Community College District employees scrapped due to state budget cuts

• Peralta Community College District board votes to restart search for its next chancellor

• Community college presidents in New Jersey urge lawmakers to pass DREAM Act for illegal immigrant students

• South Carolina clears the way for Spartanburg Community College to finalize deal for new downtown campus

• San Mateo County Community College District wants to diversify its financial portfolio

• Firms are hungry to help design and build new culinary arts center for Niagara County Community College

• Newly-elected mayor Bob Huber steps down as chair of Ventura County Community College District

• Ivy Tech Community College acquires more land, eyes future expansion

• November (18)

• Foothill-De Anza Community College District's parcel tax hit with last-minute opposition from union

• Report: Remedial education at California community colleges must improve, new strategies needed

• Workload review by New Hampshire Community Colleges could mean reduced hours for some adjunct faculty members

• Bristol Community College in Massachusetts opens new facility to train workers for environmentally friendly "green" jobs

• Northwest Connecticut Community College opens new nursing school

• Jury: Hinds Community College must pay former professor Renee Summers-Akers $345,000 in workplace retaliation case

• Ivy Tech Community College-Northeast now offering accelerated, 1-year associate degree programs in several areas of study

• Former Glendale Community College student Dan Harmon returns to campus that inspired his hit NBC television series, "Community"

• Veterans return to school, form support group at Elgin Community College

• Bunker Hill Community College opens new Veterans Center

• Two groups of Arizona community colleges team up to bid for $35 million grants from Gates Foundation

• Peralta Community College District plan to buy Oakland's Kaiser Convention Center now facing opposition

• Northland Community & Technical College plans to phase out automotive service technology program in East Grand Forks

• Grand Rapids Community College aims to increase number of minority faculty and staff members

• Partnership between UT-Brownsville and Texas Southmost College ends after 20 years

• Full-time faculty members at Cuyahoga Community College vote "no confidence" in leadership of president Jerry Sue Thornton

• Connecticut Community College trustees discuss possible tuition increase

• Tight squeeze: Community college enrollments skyrocket as more workers seek retraining, but state funding for schools is shrinking

• October (37)

• Green River Community College instructor Gary Taylor accused of voyeurism, hiding camera in women's dressing room

• New White House initiative intended to better align community college courses with demands of local companies

• California’s budget stalemate forces community colleges to borrow money, lose out on funding

• Gates Foundation to commit $34 million over 5 years to help raise community college completion rates

• St. Johns River Community College president Joe Pickens says on-campus housing is school's next major goal

• Maricopa County Community College District has spent $37,000 investigating six complaints filed against board member since 2005

• First-ever White House community college summit today

• Poll shows that majority of Americans support community colleges, consider them a smart option for many students

• For-profit college in Florida sues community college president and top administrator, claims they tried to sully school's image

• Obama says community colleges will play crucial role in training American workers to compete in the global economy

• Long-stalled plan to build community college in Baltimore suburbs appears to be back on track

• Community College of Denver mourns the auto accident death of Yvonne Frye, who taught at the college for 39 years

• Eastern Gateway Community College to open new campus in Warren, Ohio

• Solano Community College partners with Sonoma State University to offer new bachelor's degree completion program

• Attorney Sara Dady tells Illinois Valley Community College crowd why she favors amnesty for illegal immigrants

• Oklahoma City Community College moves forward with plans for $16 million performing arts theater

• Howard Community College celebrates 40 years of service and growth

• Challengers lining up to fill open trustee seats at Contra Costa Community College District

• U. of Texas accused of siphoning money from programs that support community colleges

• Monroe Community College trustee John Parrinello blasts Rochester officials for decision on MCC's future downtown campus

• September (17)

• Minnesota community colleges trying innovative ways to improve retention, completion and transfer rates

• National unemployment rate creates new role and different challenges for community colleges

• In Pennsylvania, debate intensifies over how to finance a new campus of Northampton Community College

• Western Piedmont Community College in West Virginia opens long-awaited training center for firefighters

• Hudson County Community College in New Jersey unveils plans for new $28 million higher education center

• Austin Community College elevates tax break for seniors

• First-ever White House community college summit set for Oct. 5

• Debate heats up in Michigan about whether or not community colleges should offer 4-year degrees

• Jill Biden visits Anne Arundel Community College, promotes "one of America's best-kept secrets"

• Growing need for registered nurses leads to expansion of St. John's College in Illinois

• West Virginia chancellor James Skidmore seeks grants and scholarships for community college students

• Central Maine Community College will be satellite site for Southern New Hampshire University's MBA program

• Northern Virginia Community College to participate in Lumina Foundation's initiative to help adults finish degrees

• New law guarantees admission to California State University for students who graduate from community college

• Montana tribal colleges to share $6.3 million in HUD funding to improve health and job training programs

• Riverside Community College District receives its largest private gift ever, $5 million from construction magnate Henry Coil

• Delaware Tech to expand its year-old aviation maintenance education program

• August (22)

• Des Moines Area Community College will offer textbook rental services this fall

• UC San Diego opens door wider for community college transfer students with goal of increasing campus diversity

• Gila Community College in rural Arizona faces dilemma: budgets tighten while enrollment continues to grow

• Jackson Community College students to get twice as much sholarship money in upcoming academic year

• Monroe Community College in New York has three possible sites on short list for new $72 million downtown campus

• First baccalaureate degree programs to be offered in January at St. Johns River Community College

• Michael Talkington will not return for 18th year as adjunct at Oklahoma City Community College due to evolution controversy

• Chicago city colleges considering tougher admission standards, overhauling "open-door" policy, chancellor Gery Chico says

• Washtenaw Community College considers converting part-time faculty to contract employees to avoid state pension contribution

• Colorado State University-Pueblo president Joe Garcia joins gubernatorial ticket, will run for lieutenant governor

• Butte College in northern California becomes first "grid positive" college college in U.S.

• Computer security breach exposes the personal data of 24,000 Broward College summer school students

• Chicago mayor Richard Daley wants to close open-door admissions policy at Chicago City Colleges

• North Shore Community College in Massachusetts expands women’s transitional education program

• More Los Angeles area community colleges and students embracing online education

• Organizers urge Cabrillo College in northern California to bring back recently-dropped Chinese language classes

• More 4-year university students taking advantage of community college courses that have lower prices and more flexibility

• Joliet Junior College in Illinois plans 10-story, modernistic building to make room for hundreds of new students

• Gulf Coast Community College exploring possibilities of changing its name to reflect new academic offerings

• Justice Department files lawsuit against community colleges in Maricopa County