A five member team, chaired by Margaret Lee, was invited to the district by the Dr. Rufus Glaspar, MCCCD chancellor, in response to an anonymous letter that was sent to the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) in May 2009 alleging non-compliance with HLC governance requirements.
Enrollment is up, but a recent meeting of the Chancellor's Executive Council led to discussion about the future budget of the Maricopa Community Colleges. At a regularly scheduled meeting of the CEC, the next course of action for the budget, was to plan and assess for the future.
Madeleine Albright's jewelry has become a staple of her diplomacy. Former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright wears her thoughts on her sleeve, literally. Albright has a collection of pins that she wears to share her political viewpoint. She held a book signing at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe on Oct.
Rep. Harry Mitchell, D-Ariz., is one of many who sponsored the new Post 9/11 GI Bill into law this year. This means that veterans now have four years of college money instead of only three. "Roughly 1,200 students use their GI Bill at MCC per semester," said Cesar Bolet, who works for the veterans' office at Mesa Community College.
The Metro Light Rail is the newest form of transportation in the Phoenix metro area attracting a wide range of passengers across the valley. Ridership has increased every month since opening in Dec. 2008. September's ridership has been the highest so far, with over 40,000 riders on an average weekday.
Most college students probably haven't started to think about retirement, or how to plan for it. When setting up a retirement plan, it is best to determine what kind of plan is the right fit for each person. Do not feel overwhelmed, because there are professionals to help when making these decisions.
Type 2 diabetes used to be called adult onset diabetes, but the term is no longer accurate due to the fact that young people are now frequently devloping the disease. The illness that was once only for mature adults was believed to form due to obesity, but there are now dietary factors as well as hereditary ones.
UWIRE - Students hoping to get a leg up in the admissions process have learned to seek the Facebook pages of admissions counselors such as Adabel Estrella in the Texas Tech University office of admissions. "I have had a student request me on Facebook," Estrella said.