A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) along with other committee leaders sent oversight letters to both the Department of Education (ED) and the Department of Labor asking for details on regulatory staffing changes in the final […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE The House passed H.R. 5587, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, with a vote of 405-5. The legislation reauthorizes the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. ADMINISTRATION ED announced this year’s “Opportunity […]
HOUSTON (Sept. 19, 2016) – Lone Star College welcomed a record 85,661 credit students for fall 2016, representing a 2 percent increase in credit student enrollment over fall 2015. “Lone Star College is becoming the first choice of more and more students,” said Dr. Stephen C. Head, LSC chancellor. “When you factor in our low […]
HOUSTON (Sept. 19, 2016) – LSC-Kingwood will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Oct. 4 at 9 a.m. for a new Lone Star College-Process Technology Center. The facility is scheduled to open in 2017. “This program will prepare graduates for entry level careers as process technologists/operators in the petrochemical, plastics, food and beverage, and pharmaceutical industries,” said […]
Washington, DC, September 8, 2016 – Underscoring that Pell Grants “are the foundation of student aid for community college students,” Rebuilding America’s Middle Class (RAMC) has again called on Congress to restore the Summer Pell Grant program in the final fiscal year 2017 appropriations bill. The RAMC letter also calls for Summer Pell to be […]
A quick look back at the news from last week. Compiled by Penn Hill Group. HOUSE and SENATE The House and Senate were in recess until after the September 5th Labor Day Holiday. ADMINISTRATION The owner of the Center for Excellence in Higher Education, a chain of for-profit colleges, filed a lawsuit in Federal court over […]
HOUSTON (Sept. 7, 2016) — Lone Star College-University Park has a new, fast-track program in mechatronics that is specifically designed to meet Houston’s growing need for highly trained, technical workers in the manufacturing sector. The 12-week, pre-apprentice program begins Monday, Sept. 12, at the Energy & Manufacturing Institute at the College and funding is available […]
HOUSTON (Sept. 1, 2016) – Lone Star College and Prairie View A&M University are partnering to make it easier for students interested in transferring between the two institutions. “We want to increase the number of students who attend Lone Star College to transfer to Prairie View A&M University,” said Dr. Stephen C. Head, LSC chancellor. […]
