Friday, June 22, 2012

[PBS NewsHour] Community Colleges Struggling With Spreading the Knowledge.

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Sunday, June 17, 2012

[statesman.com] In Texas, working poor families struggle to get ahead

Published: 10:43 p.m. Saturday, June 16, 2012

Back in 2005, a lifetime ago, Alona Smith was working random jobs as a security guard and taking classes at Austin Community College when she became pregnant. As the dutiful daughter of a single mom, a latchkey kid who had basically raised her own baby sister, she knew too well what lay ahead....

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Friday, June 15, 2012

Board of Trustees special meeting Monday, June 18 @HBC

The Board special meeting will be Monday at 6:00pm at HBC 201.
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Extensive information about the Board is available here.
Recordings of previous meetings are at this link.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

New Report Puts Higher Ed Coordinating Board On Defense

by Reeve Hamilton
June 12, 2012

During the 2011 session, Texas legislators quietly added a rider to the state budget allocating up to $350,000 to hire a national consultant to develop a blueprint for a statewide administrative system for Texas community colleges.

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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Board approves FY2013 budget

ACC approves $272M budget

Austin Business Journal by Sandra Zaragoza, Staff Writer

Date: Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 1:57pm CDT

Sandra Zaragoza: Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal

The Austin Community College District Board of Trustees adopted a $272 million budget for 2012-13, representing a 2.6 percent increase over last fiscal year’s budget.

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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

AFA member becomes State Fire Marshal

The Texas Department of Insurance has named Chris Connealy, an adjunct professor of fire protection, the state fire marshal.

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Click here to read the press release from the Texas Department of Insurance.

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Board of Trustees regular meeting Monday, June 4 @HBC

The Board regular meeting will be Monday at 6:00pm at HBC 201.
Click here for the agenda.
Extensive information about the Board is available here.
Recordings of previous meetings are at this link.

Remediation for Remedial Math

May 9, 2012 - 3:00am

By

Mitch Smith

Too many students are failing their remedial math classes, and those who succeed often have little use for the advanced algebra on which those classes focus.