Submitted by Tim Goral. Seven community colleges across the state will get some cash in the new year. 
Lake Land College is one of those. Many have spent the last year dealing with the effects of not having a full state budget. More...

By Matt Zalaznick. A newly formed academic center at Adams State University in Colorado aims to improve historically underserved and first-generation students’ chances of enrolling in and graduating from college. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. In 13 Midwestern states, veterans can now receive college credit for military vocational skills and trades learned working on base or in the field. More...

By James Martin and James E. Samels. In “The Death and Life of Great American Cities" Jane Jacobs reminds us that “Lively, diverse, intense cities contain the seeds of their own regeneration, with energy enough to carry over for problems and needs outside themselves". More...

By Matt Zalaznick. Montclair State had been a university for only a few years when Susan Cole took over as president in 1998. She wanted the job—her second presidency—because she saw vast, untapped potential on the campus of 12,000 students. She also felt certain that she could, pretty quickly, ensure the institution lived up to its new name. More...