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How Virginia’s Community Colleges Responded to a Global Pandemic and Found Light at the end of the Tunnel The world changed when COVID reached our shores. Masks became necessities and […]

Read more on this post: Inside Virginia’s Community Colleges

By Laurie Owens/VCCS Director of Financial Aid Recently passed legislation known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 will finally move us forward in the simplification of the Free Application for […]

Read more on this post: After years of attempted reforms, FAFSA finally will be simplified

By Idalia Rodriguez, Ph.D. and Charles Pumpuni, Ph.D., professors at Northern Virginia Community College This spring, humans are not the only ones ready to leave the seclusion of their homes […]

Read more on this post: Periodical Cicadas are about to emerge in Northern Virginia, and it’s going to be quite a show

In accordance with Section 23.1-307 (D) of the Code of Virginia, the State Board for Community Colleges provides notice that it will consider tuition and mandatory fee increases for Virginia’s […]

Read more on this post: State Board for Community Colleges to Consider 2021-22 Fees at May Meeting

The VCCS State Board received reports March 18 from system colleges on the question of whether their college names are consistent with the mission of Virginia’s Community Colleges and their […]

Read more on this post: VCCS State Board receives college name change reports at March meeting

Thousands of Virginians will gain free access to community college through the state budget adopted by this year’s General Assembly. The career training they receive could help them recover from […]

Read more on this post: State spending plan approved by lawmakers = good news for Virginia’s Community Colleges

Editor’s note: As we approached the anniversary of the widespread campus disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, we reached out to winners of the 2020 VCCS outstanding faculty awards, asking […]

Read more on this post: Faculty at Virginia’s Community Colleges reflect on the “Year of Covid”

Noting a spike in unemployment and hunger across the state during the coronavirus pandemic, Governor Ralph Northam used a visit to Reynolds Community College last week to spotlight his hopes […]

Read more on this post: State leaders are counting on “Transformative” G3 free community college program to help revitalize Virginia’s economy

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