Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) governing board members, MCCCD leadership and Chandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC) president Linda Lujan participated in a ground breaking ceremony of the new Coyote Center located on CGCC’s Pecos Campus on March 22. The Coyote Center will serve as the front door to the college in location, appearance and function. It will provide a range of services to new and continuing students ranging from admissions and enrollment to advising as well as support of student fitness and athletics. Student enrollment services will be delivered through a one-stop model, consistent with the One Maricopa “Seamless Student Experience.”

Maricopa County Community College District announced it will open a corporate college to focus on customized technical training for local employers.

Arizona State University will become a tobacco-free campus beginning next summer, but in protest and to raise awareness of the ban, one student-led group passed out cigarettes to students on the Tempe campus Wednesday.

Chandler-Gilbert Community College celebrated the opening of the Environmental Technology Center, an outdoor learning center, at the college’s Pecos campus Tuesday.

Maricopa County Community College District will allow in-state tuition for immigrant students who are granted federally issued work permits obtained by Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals -- despite an order from Gov. Jan Brewer that such individuals be denied public benefits.

Starting tomorrow, all Maricopa County Community College District campuses and district-owned facilities will be smoke-free and tobacco-free.

The nanny state goes nannying on, and as it often does, under the guise of doing the right thing.

The nanny state goes nannying on, and as it often does, under the guise of doing the right thing.

Starting Monday, Jodi Soden, a student at Mesa Community College, will be among those who have to get through the day without having a smoke on campus as all Maricopa County Community College District facilities become smoke- and tobacco-free.

Starting Monday, Jodi Soden, a student at Mesa Community College, will be among those who have to get through the day without having a smoke on campus as all Maricopa County Community College District facilities become smoke- and tobacco-free.

After working for over a decade at Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, Michal Rudnick of Chandler knew that without a degree, her career would be stalled.

The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights is investigating allegations of discrimination on the basis of national origin by Maricopa County Community College District.

A lawsuit involving free speech on the Maricopa County Community College District’s campuses has been dismissed.

A lawsuit involving free speech on the Maricopa County Community College District’s campuses has been dismissed.

With a new partnership announced between Maricopa County Community College District and the University of Arizona, MCCCD students will be able to seamlessly transfer credits and be automatically accepted into certain programs at the university.

Maricopa County Community College District is being sued by an East Valley Christian minister for hindering and deterring his right to free speech, the lawsuit states.

All Maricopa County Community College District properties will be smoke- and tobacco-free beginning July 1, 2012, the organization announced this week.

The Tempe Union High School District is hosting a series of free workshops designed to give parents an overarching view of the challenges that can come in high school along with tips on how to be successful after graduation.

The Maricopa Community College District governing board approved a tax levy increase Tuesday for the first time in three years.

Whoa! The Maricopa County Community College District governing board will decide Tuesday whether to raise the property tax to help offset a steep decline in state aid. Not that MCCCD can't manage their own fiscal affairs, but who the heck in their right minds ever passed a law giving a community college board the authority to raise our property taxes?

The Maricopa Community Colleges governing board approved a $5 tuition increase by a vote of 4-1 Tuesday night.

Proposals to increase in-state tuition and change fees will be heard next week by the governing board of the Maricopa County Community College District.