System News | Opinion
GHC bolsters outreach, offerings on peninsula: Renewing local presence after covid disruption
The comeback is on. After a multi-year disruption brought on by the covid-19 pandemic, Grays Harbor College has begun re-establishing its presence on the Long Beach Peninsula.
Chinook Observer, June 21, 2026
Newsmakers: Appointments
Kerrie Cavaness will become vice president for academic affairs at Yakima Valley College (Washington) on July 1. She currently is interim vice president for instruction at
the college...
Community College Daily, June 21, 2026
Centralia College announces new medical billing and coding program
Centralia College continues to expand career training opportunities with the launch of a new medical
billing and coding program, the college announced in a news release this week. This is the second of several new workforce-focused programs coming to the college
this fall.
Centralia Chronicle, June 19, 2026
BBCC’s final TRIO students prepare to move on
For more than 30 years, Big Bend Community College’s TRIO Student Support Services has helped low-income and first-generation college students
succeed. On Tuesday evening, it came to an end.
Columbia Basin Herald, June 19, 2026
Higher Education and Politics
Persistence, retention rise again at community colleges
Persistence and retention rates for new community college students have steadily increased
since the Covid pandemic and even exceeded pre-pandemic figures, according to new
findings from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
Community College Daily, June 25, 2026
Maura Mast to be Seattle U’s first mathematician — and woman — president
Maura Mast will be the first woman to lead Seattle University and, she is quick to
add, the first mathematician. The longtime Fordham University dean and former mathematics professor was announced
Thursday as the Jesuit Catholic university’s 23rd president...
The Seattle Times, June 25, 2026
What is FAFSA fraud, and why is Congress working to stamp it out?
So-called ghost students have been stealing financial aid for at least a decade. Now
the Department of Education and Congress are trying to curb the schemes.
Inside Higher Ed, June 22, 2026
