‘A complete joke’: Higher education funding overhaul finds few takers in Missouri Senate

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://missouriindependent.com/2026/03/26/a-complete-joke-higher-education-funding-overhaul-finds-few-takers-in-missouri-senate/

"Community colleges are scrambling to adjust to the many disruptive changes AI is bringing both to the classroom and to how the institutions need to think about preparing students for the future.

That was the subject of a Harvard Business School conference focused on overcoming the unique financial, administrative, and curricula challenges facing the schools, which offer both vocational training and an option for the first two years of a bachelor’s degree program.

What has become clear is that AI cannot be ignored.

“More than 70 percent of employers say they’d rather hire someone with less experience but who understands AI than someone with more experience. That’s a big change,” said Lisa Gevelber, chief marketing officer for Gemini, Google’s AI product.

The daylong conference was organized by the Project on Workforce at HBS, the Education Design Lab, and Axim Collaborative, a Harvard-MIT nonprofit that supports organizations that help students overcome obstacles that keep them from completing a community college education. It featured leaders from both the public and private sectors as well as community college administrators and scholars."

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/11/how-ai-is-disrupting-classroom-curriculum-at-community-colleges/

#AI #GenerativeAI #HigherEd #CommunityColleges #USA #BigTech #Education

Harvard Gazette: How AI is disrupting classroom, curriculum at community colleges . “That was the subject of a Harvard Business School conference focused on overcoming the unique financial, administrative, and curricula challenges facing the schools, which offer both vocational training and an option for the first two years of a bachelor’s degree program. What has become clear is that AI […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/28/harvard-gazette-how-ai-is-disrupting-classroom-curriculum-at-community-colleges/

Colleges Face a Reckoning: Is a Degree Really Necessary?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/value-of-higher-education-attainment-rates-graduation.html

#GiftArticle

#Trump Went to War With the Ivies. #CommunityColleges Are Being Hit.

Measures intended to punish elite #universities are inflicting collateral damage on the nation’s two-year #colleges, which educate 40% of all undergraduates.

#education #law #AcademicFreedom
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/magazine/trump-community-college-anti-dei.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bk8.O9vd.hhK-1Pm-KwAA&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://action.ips-dc.org/a/inequality-millionaires-tax

#Oregon

In '22, MA voters enacted the #FairShare, imposing a 4% #surtax on annual incomes above $1M, dedicating the proceeds to #transportation and #education.

…A total of $2.2 billion was collected in the first full year of implementation, far exceeding the original forecast of $1 billion.

Now MA funded #freetuition for #communitycolleges, #freeschoollunch at public schools; lowered fares and expanded bus service statewide, invested in bridges and rail.
#ORpol

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METALLICA Scholars Initiative Expands To 75 Schools For Year 7

https://bravewords.com/news/metallica-scholars-initiative-expands-to-75-schools-for-year-7/

#Metallica #MetallicaScholarsInitiative #AllWithinMyHands #AWMH #MSI #CommunityColleges #MusicEducation #Scholarships #MetallicaFoundation #EducationGrants

Houston Community College is on track to receive a name change, to Houston City College, after a vote from trustees this week.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/06/20/524492/hcc-changing-name-to-houston-city-college-in-rebrand-projected-to-cost-2-8-million/

#Education #EducationNews #Houston #Local #News #CommunityColleges #HoustonCityCollege #HoustonColleges #HoustonCommunityCollege #Rebranding

Voice of San Diego: As ‘Bot’ Students Continue to Flood In, Community Colleges Struggle to Respond. “Ever since the pandemic forced schools to go virtual, the number of online classes offered by community colleges has exploded. … But it has also given rise to the incredibly invasive and uniquely modern phenomenon of bot students now besieging community college professors like [Professor […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/21/voice-of-san-diego-as-bot-students-continue-to-flood-in-community-colleges-struggle-to-respond/