Below are the remarks Dr. Glenn DuBois, chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges, gave Tuesday, January 24, 2012 to the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Education. Dr. DuBois was asked to talk to the committee about the Governor’s introduced budget bill and how it bodes for Virginia’s Community Colleges. Mr. Chairman; members of the committee; ladies and [...]

Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner announced a consulting agreement between the Virginia Foundation for Community Colleges Education (VFCCE) and the India-based Wadhwani Foundation (WF) to promote skills-based education in  India. The document was signed by Dr. Ajay Kela, President and CEO of Wadhwani Foundation, and Dr. Glenn DuBois, Chancellor of Virginia’s Community College System. [...]

Great Expectations youth, coaches and mentors from across Virginia gathered for the 4th Annual Great Expectations Education Forum at The Westin Richmond Oct. 21, 2011. During the event, a panel discussion between coaches, mentors and youth moderated by former First Lady Anne Holton led the youth to express gratitude and love for their Great Expectation [...]

Editor’s Note: Today’s guest post comes from one of the participants in the inaugural Chancellor’s Developmental Education Institute. Reforming developmental education is a priority of Virginia’s Community Colleges and this new institute is among the many strategies being pursued in that effort. Dressed in matching yellow shirts, 45-50 developmental educators from Virginia community colleges stood [...]

SB 819 (Edwards) was heard on Feb. 14 in the Higher Education Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. Dr. Jennifer Gentry, vice chancellor for institutional advancement for the Virginia Community College System and executive director of the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education made a compelling case to the subcommittee members about the value to the [...]

Blue Ridge Community College students who participate in the SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise)team – some of whom were in Haiti when a massive earthquake struck in January 2010 — are on their way to more regional and national awards. BRCC’s team returned from Charlotte, NC recently as the regional champions, and will move on [...]

HB 1066 (Athey) calls for SCHEV, the Virginia Community College System, and four-year institutions to work together to establish a uniform general studies transfer certificate. The bill passed Senate Education and Health unanimously yesterday, and is on first reading on the Senate floor today. On March 1, SB 166 (Edwards) and SB 182 (Stosch) were tabled in [...]

Two students were the lucky winners of new Virginia Education Wizard Scholarships, valued at $3,000 each, and they received them from a delegation of community college officials and legislators at the 2010 legislative reception. Greg Foley, from Germanna, is retired from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue service after being injured as a first responder [...]

During the first few days of the General Assembly, four pieces of legislation have been introduced to enact a community college scholarship match program.  HB 471 (Dance) and HB 1005 (Athey) establish a community college scholarship match where the state  will match every dollar raised privately for community college scholarships by the 23 foundations of Virginia’s [...]

The University of Virginia announced today that Teresa A. Sullivan will become the institution’s eighth president. Sullivan said she was drawn to the University of Virginia because of its Jeffersonian values and traditions, its academic reputation, its powerful undergraduate student experience and its firm commitment to a public mission. “It is one of the truly great [...]