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  • Colleges
    • Berkshire
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    • Mount Wachusett
    • North Shore
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    • Quinsigamond
    • Roxbury
    • Springfield Technical
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  • MA Community Colleges See Critical Investments in FY2021 Budget

    January 15, 2021

  • Massachusetts Community Colleges Continuing Remote, Online, and Hybrid Learning for Spring 2021 Semester

    October 19, 2020
  • Greenfield Community College Exterior Photo of Campus Building

    GCC welcomes head of Literacy Project to board of trustees

    September 15, 2020

  • MassBay STEM Starter Academy Summer Program Boosts Math Scores and Students’ Confidence

    September 11, 2020

  • Massachusetts higher education system receives $1.2 million in grant funding to make transformation toward racial justice and equity

    September 10, 2020

  • CARES Act Funding Rule Enjoined in Massachusetts

    September 8, 2020

  • As I See It: There’s a reason community is in the name of your local college

    September 6, 2020

  • Greater Boston’s Community Colleges Confront An Atypical Semester

    August 31, 2020

  • Need to Know: Mass CultivatED Educates, Trains Bay Staters Impacted by Prohibition

    August 28, 2020

  • Guest columnist Trudy Tynan: A community (college) for everyone

    August 26, 2020

  • As More Four-Year Colleges Flip Online, Some Students Take A Second Look At Community Colleges

    August 19, 2020

  • Community Colleges See Opening In Changed Higher Ed World

    August 12, 2020

  • Commentary: In dire times like what we have now, community colleges can strut their stuff

    August 6, 2020

  • As I See It: Taking a hard look at systemic racism in higher education

    August 2, 2020

  • The Case for Community College

    July 18, 2020

  • Will 2020 crises permanently derail community college students’ educations?

    June 13, 2020
  • Greenfield Community College Exterior Photo of Campus Building

    Can the Racial and Economic Justice Movement Help Advance Equity in Higher Education?

    June 9, 2020

  • As I See It: Now more than ever community colleges are essential

    June 8, 2020

  • Guest column by Christina Royal: Community colleges crucial during crisis

    May 18, 2020

  • Holyoke Community College receives $7.5M donation from Elaine Nicpon Marieb Foundation; largest in school’s history

    March 9, 2020

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  • Join us for our 2nd Episode of “On the Road with the Community Colleges: Driving the Economic Recovery”

    June 14, 2020

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We are in mourning in America. Yesterday’s attack on the U.S. Capitol was devastating, but we unfortunately should not be shocked. In the United ...

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We are in mourning in America. Yesterday’s attack on the U.S. Capitol was devastating, but we unfortunately should not be shocked. In the United States, protests and peaceful demonstrations are a hallmark of our right to free speech and self-expression, yet yesterday's assault on the Capitol was neither. It was a riotous, violent display of an insurrection, incited by Members of the highest elected offices in this country. In our pursuit for equity, we continue to work so that opportunities, freedoms, and security are equitably provided to all residents of this country. Yet yesterday's inadequate response to this violence – violence that put many people at risk and tragically took four lives – paled in comparison to what activists for racial justice experienced over the summer and further exposed the structural racism that continues to plague our country. Community colleges are known as “Democracy’s Colleges” for a reason. It’s because they emulate the understood principles of this country, where the institutions were first proposed and created. This open door and commitment to opportunity for all reflects the ideals so many of us share – supporting individuals to pursue their dreams while promoting a more just society within their communities. It is in the wake of this exact moment and attack on our Government that we must commit ourselves to these ideals and values. May we all find healing as we move forward.

We are in mourning in America. Yesterday’s attack on the U.S. Capitol was devastating, but we unfortunately should not be shocked. In the United States, protests and peaceful demonstrations are a hallmark of our right to free speech and self-expression, yet yesterday's assault on the Capitol was neither. It was a riotous, violent display of an insurrection, incited by Members of the highest elected offices in this country.

In our pursuit for equity, we continue to work so that opportunities, freedoms, and security are equitably provided to all residents of this country. Yet yesterday's inadequate response to this violence – violence that put many people at risk and tragically took four lives – paled in comparison to what activists for racial justice experienced over the summer and further exposed the structural racism that continues to plague our country.

Community colleges are known as “Democracy’s Colleges” for a reason. It’s because they emulate the understood principles of this country, where the institutions were first proposed and created. This open door and commitment to opportunity for all reflects the ideals so many of us share – supporting individuals to pursue their dreams while promoting a more just society within their communities. It is in the wake of this exact moment and attack on our Government that we must commit ourselves to these ideals and values.

May we all find healing as we move forward. ...

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