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Preparing the community for in-demand careers

Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

For 60 years, Lorain County Community College has been the trusted place our community members and employers turn to as they prepare for the jobs of the future. When LCCC was founded in 1963 as Ohio’s first community college with a permanent campus, manufacturing education and training was one of the first focus areas.

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Work Zones Ahead!

Inside Higher Ed

Establishing a Substrate Historically, Michigan’s transfer infrastructure rested on individual articulation agreements between its constitutionally autonomous community and tribal colleges, public universities, and independent colleges and universities, creating a patchwork of arrangements that varied widely from region to region.

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Creating career-ready graduates

Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

April is Community College Month, a time to celebrate the broad impact of our nation’s community colleges. Lorain County Community College. It’s right there, our middle name: community. In 2018, LCCC made history again as the first community college to deliver an applied bachelor’s degree in MEMS.

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Our Community Turns to LCCC

Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

In these times of monumental change, our community turns to Lorain County Community College to light a path to the future. One example of this employer and program connection is the new Bachelor of Applied Science in Smart Industrial Automated Systems Engineering Technology.

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Colombian Higher Education

HESA

On this week’s episode of the World of Higher Education Podcast, Javier Botero joins us to discuss Colombian higher education. Colombia’s higher education system is complex. That prosperity has also benefit higher education in the country with enrollments more than doubling over that period.

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Columbian Higher Education

HESA

On this week’s episode of the World of Higher Education Podcast, Javier Botero joins us to discuss Colombian higher education. Columbia’s higher education system is complex. That prosperity has also benefit higher education in the country with enrollments more than doubling over that period.

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Pell Grant Expansion Extends Educational Opportunities to Thousands of Incarcerated Students

Insight Into Diversity

These efforts build on the success of the ED’s Second Chance Pell (SCP) Experiment, which launched in 2015 and involved nearly 200 higher educational institutions that facilitated PEPs for incarcerated students. Now, with the expansion of eligible grantees to nearly 770,000, the number has the potential to grow exponentially.