1. Education On the Run The launch of iTunes U fuels the expanding use of podcasts at colleges across the country.

2. The Virtual College A California college explores a host of new delivery methods, attempting to create an environment where students may never have to set foot on campus.

3. Leading the Way Online Enrollments Tilting Toward Community Colleges

4. Community Colleges: Then and Now As part of our 20th anniversary observance, we asked community college leaders to describe key changes they’ve seen over the past two decades.

5. From the Vaults of Community College Week This year, as CCWeek marks 20 years of publishing, NISOD celebrates its 30th anniversary.

6. Corrections Two college leaders who submitted articles to Community College Week were incorrectly identified in the paper’s April 7 edition.

Calendar of Events

Capital Briefs

Colo. Students Want to Bring Concealed Guns to Campus College students who say they’re powerless against campus attacks by gunmen want to push legislators and school administrators to let them arm themselves.

Court Upholds Louisiana College Gunman’s Conviction The Louisiana Court of Appeal has unanimously upheld the murder conviction of a former student at the Natchitoches campus of Louisiana Technical College.

Dateline Washington Report: Community Colleges Lag Behind Other Institutions in Making Health Insurance Available to Students

Grants and Gifts

Green Economy Fuels New Opportunities for Workers, Colleges Thomas Brex is on top of the world now that he’s on the roof at a massive construction project here.

Honors and Awards

Ill. Campus Security Group Calls for Better Training A state task force has recommended that Illinois colleges and universities increase safety training for first responders and mental health counselors and coordinate emergency plans.

Kentucky College Brings Death, Dying Discussion into Classroom For most people, it’s difficult to talk about death.
It’s not easy to think about planning a funeral, to consider end of life issues or contemplate what others are really feeling when they’re going through the stages of grief.

Legislative Panel Votes to Keep Double Dipping in Alabama Alabama legislators are trying to override the State Board of Education’s new policy prohibiting two-year college employees from serving in the Legislature after the 2010 legislative elections.

Maryland Student Dedicated to His Art A tattoo design, a wall-size mural and a side panel on a truck make up Sam Grantham’s resume.

Minn. Lenders Pull Away from Federally-Backed Student Loans Nearly 50 businesses that provide loans to college students have stopped making the government-backed loans in recent months, saying they had to drop the programs as a result of the credit crunch and fallout from the subprime mortgage crisis.

N.M. Students Find Creative Outlet in Online Journal A literary journal designed to give undergraduates at Clovis Community College a chance to publish their work is blossoming, according to founder, publisher and English instructor Gina Hochhalter.

Neb. College Students Went to School Constructing New House A three-bedroom house built by first-year students at Central Community College-Hastings is nearly finished.

News Briefs News summaries from across the nation

Not an Option: No Federal Loans for 1 Million 2-Year College Students For students who need to borrow for college, federal loans are almost always the best deal.

Perilous Path: Displaced Workers Navigate Obstacles on Wash. Campus The walk across a college campus is a bit awkward when you’re a 58-year-old student, and Gary Moog can tell you all about it. His classmates could be his grandchildren. The paperwork to get settled could bury him.

Point of View: Mark Blaauw-Hara on shared governance

Technology Today: Is All That Internet Expertise Merely Monkey Business? One of the more curious phenomena of the online world is “Internet
expertism.”

University of California Makes Room for 60,000 Freshmen The University of California has accepted a record 60,008 California residents as freshmen for the coming fall despite worries that cuts in state funding could lead to overcrowded campuses and tuition increases, officials said.

A Day at the World Congress

Coming in our next edition of Community College Week:

Monday, May 19

FREESPEECH: How much free speech should outsiders be allowed on a college campus? That question is being asked these days by members of an anti-abortion group who are suing Cypress College and other colleges after being arrested there.

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