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Making the case for saving aging buildings

By Eileen Peck

If you’re up on architecture, you know that “British architecture” encompasses everything from Stonehenge to Perpendicular Gothic to The Gherkin. But the enduring value of...

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Cutting pepperoni at Washtenaw Community College

By Eileen Peck

Washtenaw Community College might benefit by taking a page out of Hormel’s book. The multinational food distributor headquartered in Minnesota, is worth nearly $17B, but...

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MI Community Colleges Suffer Millage Defeats

By Eileen Peck

Over the past few years, there has been a growing recognition that the public’s faith in higher education is slipping. If you want to know...

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AZ Community College First to Offer 3-year bachelor’s degree

By Eileen Peck

Yavapai College in Prescott, AZ is poised to become the first community college in the US to offer a 3-year bachelor’s degree. Provided the program...

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LBCC Seeks $1B Capital Improvement Bonds

By Eileen Peck

Voters in Long Beach, CA will decide on Tuesday whether they want to authorize nearly $1B in bonds for capital improvement projects at Long Beach...

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Earlier this week, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) released updated data on persistence and retention among college students. Not surprisingly, community colleges suffered…

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