The Maricopa County Community College District governing board chose not to raise tuition for next school year during a meeting Tuesday evening.

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

Three employees of an East Valley lobbyist group who were found to be illegally on the payroll of the Maricopa County Community College District are suing the state and district for money they say they paid into the state retirement system.

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

The governing board that oversees the Maricopa County Community College District may vote Tuesday to approve a 2 percent increase to its tax levy to raise $7.4 million for the district's 10 campuses.

The Maricopa County Community College District illegally put 26 nonemployees on its payroll, and a majority of them in the state retirement system, the Arizona Auditor General's Office announced in a report Tuesday morning.

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.

The governing board for Maricopa County Community College District voted 3-2 on Tuesday night to reject a proposed 2 percent increase to its tax levy.

A new state law gives police officers the right to carry guns in public places, but the Maricopa County Community College District will continue to bar its officers from doing so on campus for several months.

Portable buildings dot Mesa Community College. Like stretch marks, they represent rapid growth from an earlier era.

The Maricopa County Community College District has earned high marks from the nation’s three bond-rating agencies for its handling of fraud and travel scandals that plagued the system.

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.

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.

WASHINGTON – Fueled by state budget cuts to higher education, tuition increases of 49 percent at the University of Arizona and 44 percent at Arizona State University landed the two schools in the top 20 for tuition hikes from 2008 to 2010.

Employees in Maricopa County’s community colleges may get a raise for the first time in three years.

Employees in Maricopa County’s community colleges may get a raise for the first time in three years.

Employees in Maricopa County’s community colleges may get a raise for the first time in three years.

It will take a few months before Arizona’s university and community college leaders have a full picture of how the governor’s proposed budget cuts will impact their institutions.

When they open their wallets for congressional and presidential candidates, professors, administrators and staff at Arizona’s public universities and colleges are far more likely to donate to Democrats than Republicans, a Cronkite News review found.

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.

After losing students for years, the Maricopa County Community College District's class rosters grew this spring, particularly on its south East Valley campuses. Countywide, the colleges increased enrollment by more than 4 percent, district data for the semester shows.

When they open their wallets for congressional and presidential candidates, professors, administrators and staff at Arizona’s public universities and colleges are far more likely to donate to Democrats than Republicans, a Cronkite News review found.