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Funding roundup - Community College Daily

5 days ago | ccdaily.com | Tabitha Whissemore

Southwest Tennessee Community College looks to produce the next generation of creatives with a $500,000 grant from the Assisi Foundation of Memphis. The grant will support the Southwest Entertainment Production Initiative (SEPI), a capital improvement campaign to revitalize the college’s communication, graphic and fine arts (CGFA) department. The goal is also to boost the region’s creative economy.
Funding roundup - Community College Daily

1 week ago | ccdaily.com | Tabitha Whissemore

Mt. San Jacinto College in California announced that its certified nursing assistant (CNA) program has received a $30,000 grant from the Arthur N. Rupe Foundation to reduce student financial burdens. The grant is designed to eliminate common financial obstacles faced by CNA students. Funds will go toward covering essential expenses, such as certification exam fees, textbooks, uniforms and other mandatory supplies for students identified as having financial need.
Should colleges help students pay down their debt?

2 weeks ago | ccdaily.com | Richard Romano

With student loan debt approaching the $2 trillion level and default rates rising, Republicans in Congress have advanced legislation that would require colleges to repay a portion of its students’ unpaid loans. The idea of risk-sharing is not new.
Funding roundup - Community College Daily

3 weeks ago | ccdaily.com | Tabitha Whissemore

The Philip E. and Carole R. Ratcliffe Foundation has awarded the Anne Arundel Community College (AACC) Foundation a three-year, $1.68 million commitment to support students in the Entrepreneurial Studies Institute, health sciences and workforce development programs. Twenty-two years ago, with Phil and Carole Ratcliffe’s support and encouragement, the Maryland college launched the Entrepreneurial Studies Institute (ESI) to prepare aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners.
A steady stream of support for apprenticeships

3 weeks ago | ccdaily.com | Matthew Dembicki

The Trump administration’s push to reach 1 million new registered apprenticeships annually will need more public-private partnerships, as well as help from training providers such as community colleges, U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer told a House committee on Thursday.
ED chief emphasizes risk-sharing, workforce Pell

3 weeks ago | ccdaily.com | Matthew Dembicki

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said during a House Education and Workforce Committee hearing on Wednesday that risk-sharing and workforce Pell are among her top higher education policy priorities, as related in H.R. 1, a.k.a. the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. During the three-hour-plus hearing, McMahon didn’t provide many new details on the Trump administration’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2026 or on her plans to revamp the department.
Good news (mostly) on stop-outs and re-enrollment

3 weeks ago | ccdaily.com | Tabitha Whissemore

For the second year in a row, the number of college students “stopping out” before earning a credential has declined. At the same time, the number of students with “some college, no credential” (SCNC) re-enrolling has increased. Slightly more than 2.1 million people stopped out of college between January 2022 and July 2023. That’s about 156,000 fewer (-6.9%) recent stop-outs compared to the year prior, according to the latest report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
A GAO review of registered apprenticeships

1 month ago | ccdaily.com | Matthew Dembicki

As the Trump administration champions for expanding registered apprenticeship (RA) programs, a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on RAs examines opportunities to expand these earn-and-learn programs as well some well-known barriers, such as administrative burden and cost. The agency provided a general overview of earn-and-learn programs with a focus on registered apprenticeships.
Funding roundup - Community College Daily

1 month ago | ccdaily.com | Tabitha Whissemore

In Florida, Valencia College’s nursing program has received $2 million in state grants for simulation equipment, scholarships and faculty recruitment. This marks the third consecutive year that the state has awarded Valencia College Linking Industry to Nursing Education (LINE) grants. The grant program provides matching funds, on a dollar-to-dollar basis, to colleges and universities that partner with healthcare providers to support nursing education.
A journey of learning

1 month ago | ccdaily.com | Janet Smith

What I wish I’d known in preparation for a college presidency is to have realized in my early years how much I would learn and how that journey of learning would enrich my life and translate into being a more effective president and, I hope, better person. I wish I would have been more appreciative in the moment of the lessons I was learning, the nuances I was absorbing and the investment that was being made in my life and career.