Putting “community” in Community College by <b> Frank DiMaria </b>

Rendering the Invisibles: A Note on Communities Colleges, Social Invisibility and Politics in the Us by <b> William Ruiz Morales </b>

Trump Revives Push For Limits On Immigrants Bringing Family [Beyond Education]

The White House is aiming to limit the relatives that immigrants-turned-citizens can sponsor, a profound change to a fundamental piece of the American immigration system. Self-described "restrictionists," including President Donald Trump, want a narrower, nuclear definition of family, making spouses and minor children the only relatives a citizen could sponsor.

New Hampshire Higher Education Institution’s Sea Grant Program Getting $218K Grant

A federal-University of New Hampshire program that provides scientific research to improve coastal and marine management is getting a $218,000 grant. The Sea Grant Program focuses its efforts in four areas: environmental literacy and workforce development; healthy coastal ecosystems; coastal communities and economies; and sustainable fisheries and aquaculture.

Students Going To State Capital To Push For Gun Law Changes [Education News]

A hundred Stoneman Douglas High School students are busing 400 miles to Florida's capital Tuesday to urge lawmakers to act to prevent a repeat of the massacre that killed 17 students and faculty last week. The students plan to hold a rally Wednesday in hopes that it will put pressure on the state's Republican-controlled Legislature to consider a sweeping package of gun-control laws, something some GOP lawmakers said Monday they would consider.

Senate Rejects Immigration Bills; Young Immigrants In Limbo [Beyond Education]

The Senate has left hundreds of thousands of "Dreamer" immigrants in limbo, rejecting rival plans that would have spared them from deportation and strengthened the nation's border security. Senators dealt President Donald Trump an especially galling defeat as more than a quarter of fellow Republicans abandoned him on an issue that helped propel him to the White House.