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Governor renews call for free access to Virginia’s Community Colleges for low and moderate income students

Governor Ralph Northam asked Virginia lawmakers at the beginning of their 2021 session to support his multi-million dollar plan to make community college job and career training more affordable for […]

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Governor proposes millions in new state budget to restore G3 job and career training at Virginia’s Community Colleges

A major initiative to make community college career training more affordable for low and moderate income Virginians is back before the General Assembly session that will begin next month. Governor […]

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NOVA Professor Jill Biden, Ed.D., takes the high road in the latest nationwide squabble over academic titles

Editor’s note: this story was updated Dec. 19. An English professor at Northern Virginia Community College since 2009, Dr. Jill Biden tried to keep a low profile when her husband […]

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A faculty viewpoint: 2020 was no fun, but we’ll get over it, and Virginia’s Community Colleges will help lead the way

By Charles Errico, Ph.D. Chair, Chancellor’s Faculty Advisory Committee As we close the fall semester, every faculty member can provide numerous testimonials of the economic hardships their students faced during […]

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Connecting the Dots: Your favorite place may be no more, and we must help its workers

One of my favorite restaurants is a little, family-owned place in south Richmond that offers the best handmade onion rings. The restaurant opened in 1966, the same year Virginia opened […]

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“We need you. Your community needs you.” VCCS navigators, coaches and advisors on the front lines to enroll students by Dec. 14 deadline

Navigators, coaches and admissions personnel at Virginia’s community colleges have been working overtime since the governor announced millions of dollars to provide free workforce training programs for people who lost […]

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Take Five with Mary Barnett, our new Director of Internal Audit

1. What exactly does the Director of Internal Audit do and what prompted you to pursue this line of work as a career? Internal Audit provides a “fresh set of […]

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Connecting the Dots: Mall workers may be next in line for community college help

Virginia’s Community Colleges are working hard to help people who’ve lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. While its unclear whether the emergency created or simply accelerated these hardships, analysts […]

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REV Grants: the huge public response is sobering, and some of the stories behind the numbers are heart-wrenching

VCCS college navigators, coaches and admissions personnel are working overtime to make sure that people who qualify for a new state grants program can be vetted and enrolled by the […]

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Late-start classes offer even more flexibility to community college students

When you think about a college calendar, you may automatically think of traditional semesters. You’ve got fall courses that run August to December, spring courses that run January to May, […]

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