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Capitol Alert: Disability-rights advocates flock to Capitol for day of lobbying
May 23, 2013

California community colleges add summer classes
May 22, 2013

Disability-rights advocates flock to Capitol for day of lobbying
May 22, 2013

The Buzz: Higher-priced college classes debated; Torres sworn into Senate
May 21, 2013

Capitol Alert: Bill to add class offerings at higher price passes Assembly
May 20, 2013

Bill to add class offerings at higher price passes Assembly
May 20, 2013

Community Colleges Videos

Community Colleges Expand
May 21, 2013 | WAAY ABC Huntsville, AL

INSIDE NEVADA | Giunchigliani | WED | PT3 | 05/15/2013
May 20, 2013 | KSNV Las Vegas

Jill Biden gave commencement speech at community college
May 18, 2013 | KOB Albuquerque, NM

Community Colleges Wikipedia Information

A community college is a type of educational institution. The term has different meanings in different countries. In Canada and the United States, a community college, sometimes called a county college, junior college, technical college, or a city college, is an educational institution providing higher education and lower-level tertiary education,...

Other local news reports

Capitol Roundup: Controversial Community College, Medical Marijuana Bills Advance
May 20, 2013 | RSS Feed: Capital Public Radio News
The California Assembly has approved a bill that would allow community colleges to offer extra courses at higher costs. ...

Record applications make major gains in diversity
January 25, 2013 | UC Davis News
Among domestic transfer applicants from California community colleges ... from...

Bill Would Create Online Courses at UC, CSU, Community Colleges
March 13, 2013 | RSS Feed: Capital Public Radio News
The leader of the California Senate is proposing legislation that would provide online courses for credit at the state's colleges and universities $a measure that's both a work...

Record number of California students enroll, higher GPAs for new undergrads
November 30, 2012 | UC Davis News
New transfer students, most of whom come from California community colleges, reached a record high of 2,888, compared with last fall's 2,770 -- a 4.3-percent increase. Their...

From around the web

Madigan says universities, community colleges willing to share pension costs
May 16, 2013 | chicagotribune.com - Local news
-- House Speaker Michael Madigan on Thursday announced that he has struck a preliminary deal with the state's universities and community colleges that will require them to slowly...

Iowa's goal: Prepare better- educated nurses
May 05, 2013 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Iowa has one public university offering a bachelor's degree in nursing, and the rest are private or associate degree programs through community colleges ... Although the number of online BSN programs has grown, community colleges ... Two-thirds of new graduates come from community colleges ...

Weatherford and Gaetz school Legislature in member projects
April 28, 2013 | Naked Politics
The two most powerful men in the Florida Legislature are steering millions of dollars to community colleges in their districts. Senate President Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, helped...

Branstad signs 13 bills, including stiffer requirements for teen drivers
May 01, 2013 | DesMoinesRegister.com
House File 454 An act relating to education by modifying the duties and operations of the department of education, community colleges, the school budget review committee, and...

Brown wants to tie some funding of universities to new proposals
April 22, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
The governor's blueprint includes 10% increases in the number of transfer students from community colleges ... students from community colleges and the percentage of freshmen...

Students ready to fight bill that would create higher- fee classes
April 20, 2013 | L.A. Times - California Politics
Assemblyman's proposal to allow extension programs for community colleges ... Students and faculty are gearing up for a fight to oppose legislation that would allow California community colleges ...

Community Colleges on twitter

	Community Colleges and America's Future: http://t.co/aiCmpDK24r Twitter: @espencedalton
	Visual highlights from our new Task Force Report on Community Colleges. http://t.co/iPOGsRJXwD via @Newsbound #comm_college Twitter: @TCFdotorg
	@DirigoBlue community colleges have promise, but need more full time professors competent to teach. Too many adjuncts! (says former adjunct) Twitter: @dillesquire
	Between 1999 and 2009, community college funding increased by just $1 per student http://t.co/vzXWVKphJW Twitter: @Pat_Garofalo
	RT @AndresHenriquez: Community colleges struggle to serve a growing share of disadvantaged students, report finds: http://t.co/9udaenfHAq #Highered #Latism Twitter: @IsaAdney
	Community colleges: Separate and unequal http://t.co/aIOu7Kjy0r Twitter: @USNewsOpinion

YouTube Videos

Student Affairs Live: Careers in Community Colleges
May 22, 2013

Community College Summit: Opening Session
October 05, 2010

The Truth About Community College
February 16, 2012

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