Sightlines, a Gordian company and leader in facilities intelligence and analysis for higher education institutions, today announced it has been awarded two major contracts to provide facilities assessment and planning services to leading higher education systems in New England. More...
Florence-Darlington Technical College and Coker College teamed up Tuesday with the signing of a bridge partnership that will make it easier for FDTC students to transfer to Coker College and earn their four-year degree. More...
Lance leans over his desk, his round belly situating his body tightly between the wooden chair and plastic desk—both too small for someone with his girth. A collection of yellow notepad papers, their edges frayed after being torn from their original binding, wrestle alongside one another in his hands. It is a Saturday morning, and the classroom is small, and silent but for the friction of Lance’s papers and the grinding on the pen he bites out of nervous habit. His large fingers fiddle about the loose sheets, verifying that they’re in order as he mutters to himself, quietly reading his story aloud, restless in the anticipation of sharing with his classmates. Lance is often the first person to arrive in class, having rigorously prepared the entire week, perfecting his assignment so as to leave his peers impressed. More...
Thousands of people across the country have set their own lives and careers aside to care for loved ones who have suffered injuries in America's long decades of war. More...
Hands-free video inspires schools to experiment with social media app’s wearable tech. More...
Philadelphia University and Thomas Jefferson University today announced their official combination, effective July 1, 2017, creating a comprehensive university designed to deliver high-impact education and value for students in medicine, science, architecture, design, fashion, textiles, health, business, engineering and more. More...
One of the nation’s largest building-supply chains, 84 Lumber Co., spends millions on ads to drive home its message that learning a trade can be more valuable than earning a college degree. The company pays manager trainees about $40,000 a year, and that’s just the beginning. Those in charge of top-grossing stores can earn $200,000, and in a few cases more than $1 million, including bonuses. Yet, astonishingly, its recruiters have had trouble finding qualified takers. More...
A bill awaiting Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s signature would create an information hub for students seeking to take advantage of a five-year effort to ease transfers within the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system or to the University of Connecticut.
But transferring still wouldn’t be as straightforward as filling out an application, and not every credit taken at a community college would be applied toward a student’s degree elsewhere. More...
A Connecticut official said on Tuesday the state would reconsider policies that can limit gender-neutral bathrooms in public buildings following a lawsuit by Yale University, the latest skirmish in the broader U.S. fight about gender identity. More...
California Gov. Jerry Brown has asked the California community college system to “take whatever steps are necessary” to establish a new, online-only community college. More...
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