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Two Virginia Community College professors were honored during an event in Richmond March first and joined the ranks of an elite club: winners of statewide awards recognizing college faculty who […]

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Editor’s Note:  Guided by state and federal health officials who were concerned about a surge in coronavirus cases caused by the highly contagious Delta variant, VCCS Chancellor Glenn DuBois announced […]

Read more on this post: Mask mandate to be suspended March 14 at Virginia’s Community Colleges

By Ellen R. Davenport, Ph.D., Assistant Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations Editor’s note: Dr. Davenport is tracking legislation important to Virginia’s Community Colleges and offers regular reports from the State […]

Read more on this post: Final negotiations about to begin for Virginia’s next budget

Virginia Senator Tim Kaine and Congressman Bobby Scott say congress may finally be on the verge of approving federal Pell Grants for students in short-term workforce training programs.  Advocates say […]

Read more on this post: Kaine, Scott “optimistic” about Pell Grants for short-term workforce training

“This is urgent. We must do something to regain our enrollment advantages that we had several years ago, particularly over the proprietary schools.”  Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic and Workforce […]

Read more on this post: College Presidents Approve Sweeping Student Onboarding Changes for Virginia’s Community Colleges

Editor’s note: this column is reprinted here with permission. BY JEFF E. SCHAPIRO Richmond Times-Dispatch – Jan 21, 2022 The musings of a famed Democratic phrase-maker notwithstanding, Ghazala Hashmi governs […]

Read more on this post: Schapiro: For poetry-loving lawmaker, politics is sometimes iambic

By Ellen R. Davenport, Ph.D., Assistant Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations   Editor’s note: Dr. Davenport is tracking legislation important to Virginia’s Community Colleges and offers regular reports from the […]

Read more on this post: Virginia lawmakers approaching self-imposed deadlines for action at the 2022 General Assembly

Editor’s note: Statewide, about seven percent of VCCS students are of Asian descent.  Not surprisingly because of the large concentration of Asian Americans in the DC metro area, students of […]

Read more on this post: Lunar New Year: a time of celebration for Asians of many nationalities

The economic damage from a nearly two-year Covid-19 pandemic only exacerbated problems that already vexed the American workplace, with job seekers desperate to find better wages, even as employers struggled […]

Read more on this post: Workforce and career training at Virginia’s Community Colleges in the spotlight

Editor’s note:  From field trips to lectures to live theater performances to movie screenings — even a couple of contests — Virginia’s Community Colleges are hosting a wide range of […]

Read more on this post: Virginia’s Community Colleges observe Black History Month

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