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Incoming first-year students have always found ways to connect with each other before they start college, especially through social media apps such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Now a new app called Community from the platform Unibuddy is trying to enter that market, fostering connections among incoming students while simultaneously letting administrators join their conversations.

Until recently, text nudges have been used mostly in nonacademic realms to avert summer melt among first-year students or to issue reminders for administrative deadlines. Their ability to successfully engage students depends on the content, form, and timing, among other factors.
Now, two new studies add more insight into the science of text nudges and, specifically, their potential to influence student success.

Families with a shared nightmare—the death of their college students through suicide—hope their stories can prevent more loss.
This week, the parents of college students Katie Meyer, Arlana Miller, Morgan Rodgers, and Tyler Hilinski came together to talk about the legacy of their children.

As federal investments in emerging technologies accelerate, community colleges are taking on new roles to align emerging technology with talent development and expand equitable pathways to future jobs.
In this interview, Intel's Carlos Contreras discusses his company's approach to expanding community college pathways to new jobs in the innovation economy.

Discussions related to green jobs are often framed from the historical perspective of competing interests—economic sustainability versus sound environmental practices, corporate profits versus healthy communities.
But hidden within adversity is often opportunity, writes the president of Bakersfield College in this opinion piece. And the nation's community colleges can lead the way for good green jobs with equity—and the development of a future green workforce.

The story of the biotech industry in Massachusetts is often one of success—and for good reason. Jobs in the sector have increased by 131 percent over the last 15 years.
Institutions across the state are responding to that demand. More community colleges are offering associate degrees and certificates in concentrations like biotech manufacturing. And employers are creating new apprenticeship programs that provide training through paid hands-on work.