Community colleges sell students on the fact that they can cut the time and cost of getting a bachelor’s degree in half. However, a study from the Community College Research Center and Aspen Institute found that only 45 percent of students who transfer from community college to a university graduate with a bachelor’s degree. What […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — A Springfield man was arrested and charged with first degree murder Saturday night after a woman was found dead in the road. Around 8:12 p.m., a resident of a mobile home park near North Oaklane and Oak Crest Roads found a person lying in the roadway. Sangamon County Deputies and the […]
The first Black student to receive an undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has died. David Mozart Dansby Jr. graduated from the nation’s oldest public university only 62 years ago, according to our newsgathering partners at ABC 11 in Raleigh. He served as the president of the NAACP Chapter in […]
“Wow, St. Cloud Technical and Community College is the best-kept secret.” When we provide tours to business, industry, and community partners who have not had an opportunity to explore and learn about St. Cloud Technical and Community College, this is sometimes the reaction that we receive. “We had no idea of all the options and […]
Feb. 3—PALMER — A new Mat-Su College course is intended to remedy a statewide shortage of veterinary technicians through Alaska’s first degree program, scheduled to start in September. Like the rest of the country, the state is grappling with too few animal care workers, including veterinarians, veterinary technicians and veterinary assistants. Veterinary technicians work as […]
Last Saturday, an autistic Dutch woman died at home by assisted suicide, with her parents and best friend by her side. Her passing is significant to those far beyond her circle or who followed her on social media. Why? Because Lauren Hoeve was only 28-years-old and a great deal of her anguish was psychological. She […]
Jan. 25—Calhoun Community College added an associate degree in social work this spring semester because college officials said there is a shortage of social workers in the region. “There’s always openings for social workers, so there’s definitely a need in the community for us to train more and for them to be trained well,” Calhoun […]
A lost and “unprepared” trio of hikers had to be rescued from Mount Monadnock in freezing temperatures, New Hampshire Fish & Game officials reported. Monadnock State Park rangers called the agency just before 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, to report three hikers lost on the mountain just before dark, officials said in a news release. […]
Finding a well-paid job without years in the field or a master’s degree seems to get more challenging by the year. For many, it feels like a comfortable job is locked behind either going thousands of dollars into debt for a post-graduate degree or starting at the bottom and slowly working your way up. But […]
SAN DIEGO — Four people accused of breaking into a home in the Rancho Santa Fe neighborhood that led police on a chase had their first court appearance Thursday. The four pleaded not guilty to several charges. Ignacio Antonio Parra Otarola, 31, Eduardo Andres Morajora and Jeremy Javier Ramirez Munoz, both 22, plus Fabian Cristobal […]
This article was originally published in Mississippi Today. ISSAQUENA COUNTY — The kings and queens of the South Delta School District tossed candy and waved at their families as the mid-October parade wound through a small town several miles north of this rural county. “There’s no place like homecoming,” read a sign on a colorful […]
Chase Kuhleman is a a senior at Cornell University in New York majoring in applied economics and management. He plans to apply to Cornell’s law school next year. His post-high school education started online at Delaware County Community College, just outside of Philadelphia. He got a 4.0 GPA after his first semester and was recruited to join […]