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JULY 11, 2025

We hope you had a fantastic 4th of July weekend, whether you were grilling with family, catching fireworks in your neighborhood, or making progress on college essays poolside! 🙋🏼‍♀️ Now that we’ve all had a chance to relax and recharge, it’s time to dive back into the latest from the world of college admissions!

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JANUARY 26, 2023

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. for 16–24-year-olds.

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JULY 12, 2023

Two dozen states offer some form of bachelor's degree at community colleges. Community colleges in those states have adopted hundreds of degree programs, with many aimed at relevant workforce needs. Community colleges tend to be less costly and more accessible than traditional four-year schools.

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

A new law awards eligible California Community College graduates $5,000 if they attend a partner HBCU. The California Community College system has a transfer program with 39 HBCUs across the country. The legislation, introduced by California State Assembly Majority Leader Isaac Bryan and signed by Newsom on Sept.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The Hoffman Agency is sponsoring a new scholarship for a California Community College student. The scholarship will cover two years of tuition and fees for a student studying communications at an HBCU. There is a new scholarship opportunity for California Community College students who want to study communications.

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MAY 5, 2023

Students, staff, and faculty in the California Community Colleges system have access to free and confidential immigration legal services through the Higher Education Legal Services Project. Services carry over until a resolution is found, even if a student has graduated from the community college.

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EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2022

5 Tips to Recruit and Enroll Latine/x Students in Your Community College. Prospective Latine/x college students in the U.S. are the most likely to choose community college as their first step when pursuing a higher education. Spotlight: Holyoke Community College.

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MARCH 28, 2023

Adult learners and dual enrollment are driving growth at Illinois community colleges, according to a recent report. The two reports are a bright spot for community colleges, which have seen enrollment declines accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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MARCH 8, 2023

Omar Fateh is the chief author of a sweeping tuition-free college bill that, if approved, would go into effect in 2024. This program would become one of the most comprehensive free college programs in the U.S., Democrats now hold the state Senate, House, and governorship in Minnesota. Minnesota state Sen. in fall 2022.

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

Dozens of community colleges across the U.S. Arizona, Ohio, and Texas are among the states to have made the most investment. The CHIPS Act, passed in August 2022, has spurred further research and development. Congress passed the CHIPS Act in August 2022, marking a nearly $53 billion investment in U.S.

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EAB

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Infographic How Application Growth Drives Enrollment in Your State Our research indicates that application growth is essential not just for increasing enrollment but for preventing losses as well. This infographic reveals the precise contours of this key relationship at the state level.

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EAB

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Infographic 75 Strategic Research Questions Community Colleges Could Answer with Better Data Strategic research questions are a way of making sure your college is working toward continuous improvement, uncovering student barriers, and finding ways to increase efficiency.

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MARCH 1, 2023

The proposed $20 million MassReconnect program would make community college free for residents over 25 years old. Democrats control the state House, Senate, and governorship in Massachusetts. Massachusetts is poised to be the next state to make free community college a reality.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Beginning July 2023, over 700,000 incarcerated adults will become Pell Grant eligible , enabling qualified students to pursue federally funded college education for the first time since the 1990s. When this funding ended, only a handful of secondary education programs in federal and state prisons remained.

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APRIL 1, 2024

The California Community Colleges system will offer six more bachelor's degree programs. Six new bachelor's degree programs have been approved to be offered by the California Community Colleges (CCC) system. The CCC introduced the pilot Baccalaureate Degree Program at 15 community colleges in 2014.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Blogs 5 areas for community college leaders to take stock in 2023 And resources to help sustain your post-pandemic momentum Now that community colleges have weathered the storm of the pandemic, it’s time to take a moment to recognize all you have accomplished, and then to begin to steer the transition from a “crisis” mindset to a sustainability one.

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AUGUST 3, 2023

Massasoit Community College in Brockton will launch a Black studies associate degree program this fall. The degree will be the first of its kind at a community college in Massachusetts. Community colleges serve as crucial points of access to affordable higher education and as anchor institutions in their communities.

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JULY 1, 2024

Over 76% of students who started college in fall 2022 returned to college the next year, and over 68% returned to the same college. Community colleges have seen the biggest retention rate gains over the last decade. for the 2022 entering cohort. for the 2021 starting cohort.

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APRIL 24, 2023

How Northampton Community College Simplified Compliance Reporting with Automated Data Preparation Northampton’s New Process with Edify Saves Valuable Staff Time About Northampton Community College is a public two-year college serving 20,000+ students across three campuses in Pennsylvania. It’s a whole team.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Maura Healey's MassReconnect proposal would cover expenses like textbooks and fees in addition to community college tuition. Massachusetts residents who are 25 years or older and who haven't earned a college credential will be eligible for the program. Massachusetts Gov. Massachusetts Democratic Gov. More than 1.8

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JANUARY 27, 2023

The University of Hawai'i Board of Regents voted to keep tuition frozen at the system's seven community colleges for four years. Tuition at the system's four-year colleges will remain frozen for the next two years before increasing by 2% in the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 academic years. I am a little worried about that."

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JULY 2, 2024

million investment in the state's community college system. million donation to the Maine Community College System (MCCS) will fuel short-term workforce training programs over the next five years. According to MCCS, more than 26,000 students have taken short-term training classes through the center since 2022.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The Maine Community College System will no longer require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The state's community colleges will increase their existing programs to combat respiratory illnesses like the flu and COVID-19 on campuses, officials said.

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EAB

DECEMBER 2, 2022

How to Address The 2 Biggest Hurdles in Community College Virtual Onboarding. To help identify chief pain points in community college online enrollment, my colleagues and I went undercover as prospective students, applied to community colleges, and attempted to complete as many onboarding steps as possible within a 5- to 7-day window.

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MARCH 20, 2023

The National Head Start Association and the Association of Community College Trustees are partnering to bring more Head Start centers to community colleges. The partnership will pair local Head Start programs with community colleges that can offer free space.

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JANUARY 30, 2023

The University of California and California State University systems would see a 5% base increase in funding. California Community Colleges would see a little over $652 million of ongoing funding under the proposed plan. million going to UC and $227.3 million heading to CSU.

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EAB

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The two of us shared our thoughts with a reporter about how college campuses have been impacted by anti-LGBTQ speech and legislative actions over the past several years. Colleges and universities, where many young people get their first real taste of independence and experience community, are ideal places to spark this change.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Dual enrollment programs, which allow high school students to take college courses, can be costly for community colleges, according to a new paper from the Community College Research Center. Community colleges offer the majority of dual enrollment programs, often at a discount. of its overall budget.

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JULY 27, 2023

In 2021, the California Legislature authorized California Community Colleges to propose bachelor's degree programs. Seven proposed programs this year were flagged by California State University for having duplication concerns. Three of the 10 proposed programs in January 2022 had duplication concerns by CSU.

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JANUARY 6, 2023

Proposed legislation would offer forgivable loans to some Virginia community college students. New legislation in Virginia would offer forgivable loans to certain community college students who agree to work in "high-demand" fields. Virginia House Bill 1439, pre-filed by state Rep.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Sonya Christian on Thursday was named chancellor of the California Community College system. million students at 166 community colleges. Board of Governors taps Kern Community College District chancellor as first woman to lead the 116-college system. READ: [link]. READ: [link].

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FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Community colleges are working closely with Intel to develop curriculum for those positions. is set to invest $20 billion in two semiconductor plants in central Ohio, and community college students will have easy access to thousands of jobs as part of that investment. Tech giant Intel Corp.

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MARCH 5, 2024

The bill would allow several community colleges with existing two-year nursing programs to offer a four-year nursing program. California Community Colleges' nursing programs make up more than half of the total nursing schools in the state, a 2022 report says. California Sen.

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JUNE 9, 2023

Online students worked with their peers less than students who weren't fully online, according to a new report from the Community College Survey of Student Engagement. The wide-ranging report was given in the spring of 2022 to 82,824 students from 181 colleges across 41 states, according to a CCSSE press release.

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APRIL 14, 2023

Blogs The 4 stages of an integrated lifecycle approach for community college student success How EAB’s Navigate helps community colleges at every stage There is encouraging data showing that six-year completion rates have been rising across all community colleges, with a.9%

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AUGUST 11, 2023

Students only need to apply for federal or state financial aid to apply. According to the Colorado Community College System, Colorado has 4,000 registered nursing and 3,700 elementary and secondary educator openings annually. Prospective students need to apply for federal or state financial aid. What's Required?

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MARCH 7, 2024

The Kennesaw State University program will train students for careers in artificial intelligence (AI). Kennesaw State anticipates students will take a year and a half to complete its 30-credit-hour program. Kennesaw State University (KSU) announced its master of science in AI (MSAI) program Feb. However, it is doable in a year.

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