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These access and affordability programs geared toward high schoolers reap great results

University Business

Buoyed by a $20 million investment from the state, MCCS targeted high school graduates from 2020 to 2023 who might have been affected by the pandemic. Enrollment across the 15 community colleges has grown at such a rate that some academic administrators are concerned if they now have too many mouths to feed, WBUR reports.

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Friday Fragments

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In response to the piece about secret shoppers, one former secret shopper wrote with a story of a time that it took him seven continuous hours, in person, to register for a class at a college, and that was with skipping financial aid. Apparently that feedback helped the college streamline its processes, which has to be good.

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

The Change Leader, Inc.

You released your preliminary report in July of 2023. Academic administrators in Florida not only have failed to contest attacks on the system, but have too frequently been complicit in and in some cases explicitly supported them. They certify federal financial aid. 00:33:19] Drumm McNaughton: Very much.