Virginia Community College students wrapped up their visits to the General Assembly after eight weeks of “Every Day is Community College Day” sessions despite snow storms and budget debates.
Overwhelmingly, students who traveled to Richmond said it was an opportunity, and an honor.  Katherine Wallace, a sophomore at Southwest Virginia Community College, echoed others’ sentiments when [...]

The “caboose” budget bill for the current biennium (HB 29/SB 29) and the budget bill for the upcoming 2010-2012 biennium (HB 30/SB 30) were adopted on Sunday, March 14 after the General Assembly adopted a procedural resolution, HJR 494, allowing them to extend their session by one day. The extended time was caused by differences between [...]

It’s Friday, March 12 and the budget conferees have missed their self-imposed deadline of being done with the budget by midnight on March 9.
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I am Julio C. Reyes, a graduate from Bassett High School. I decided to attend Patrick Henry Community College for two reasons. First was because it was much cheaper, and I will obtain the same two year education as if I were to have attended a four year university. Secondly, I was not ready to [...]

HB 1066 (Athey) calls for SCHEV, the Virginia Community College System, and four-year institutions to work together to establish a uniform general studies transfer certificate. The bill passed Senate Education and Health unanimously yesterday, and is on first reading on the Senate floor today.
On March 1, SB 166 (Edwards) and SB 182 (Stosch) were tabled in the [...]

House and Senate Approve Own Budgets
On February 21, the House and Senate reported their amendments to former Governor Kaine’s budget introduced in December for both the current fiscal year and the next biennium. The House and Senate budget amendments were adopted by each house yesterday.  The most contentious item in former Governor Kaine’s budget of [...]

On a  14-7 vote on February 10, the House Education Committee voted to advance legislation that would enable the Virginia Community College System, the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia, and four-year colleges and universities to develop a uniform transferable general studies certificate from one of Virginia’s 23 community colleges to a public or [...]

HB 1011 (Athey) would allow community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees in the high-demand fields of nursing, education, applied technology and other high need areas. The bill was heard on February 2 in the Higher Education Subcommittee of House Education.   Athey offered amendments to the subcommittee to narrow the bill to two pilot programs, one [...]

A highlight during the week of January 25-29 was the appearance of Dr. Glenn DuBois, Dr. Deborah DiCroce of Tidewater Community College, and Dr. Robert Templin of Northern Virginia Community College  before the Education Subcommittee of the Senate Finance Committee on January 26. The trio highlighted the goals contained in Achieve 2015 as well as the [...]

Associated Press reporter Justin Pope wrote a story that was published across the nation yesterday, including here in the Washington Post, about a new book that examines why more people who begin college don’t finish it.
In ‘Crossing the Finish Line,’ William Bowen and Michael McPherson, former presidents of Princeton University and Macalester College, along with [...]