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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