In speaking about the importance of advancing equity and economic mobility during his remarks at the 2022 AACC Annual, U.S. Education Under Secretary James Kvaal emphasized that “a strong community college might be the most…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) is encouraging colleges to use available allotted money through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) to address student, faculty and staff mental health. The department on Thursday issued new…
Democratic gubernatorial candidate proposes community college, workforce, property tax plansLincoln Journal StarState Sen. Carol Blood is all-in and she’s coming into her gubernatorial race with a proposal to address Nebraska’s workforce shortage with two years…
Too many California college students spend too much time figuring out where their next meal may come from, or how to pay for it. When students have proper access to food, they stay enrolled and…
How diversity’s power can help overcome the physician shortageAmerican Medical AssociationHow does University of California, Davis have one of the most diverse medical schools in the country? Part of its recruitment strategy includes an often-overlooked…
Being a college president anywhere right now is both challenging and exhilarating. Leading in times of a global pandemic, social and civil unrest, political divides, extreme weather and climate change, the Great Resignation, decreasing enrollments…
Clark State College has an annual tradition of placing graduation flowers (in the school’s colors) on the grave of the Ohio college’s first and founding president, Richard O. Brinkman. (Photo: Jo Alice Blondin) It’s been…
A $350,000 grant to College of the Mainland (COM) will help ensure more people are trained for the Gulf Coast region’s petrochemical industry. The Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grant comes from the Texas…
House passes WIOA bill The House on Tuesday passed a bill to reauthorize the nation’s main workforce development law mostly along party lines, 220 to 196. But the future of H.R. 7309, the Workforce Innovation…
DSLCC launches program for students with disabilitiesWest Virginia Daily NewsDabney S. Lancaster Community College is launching an Inclusive Learning Enabled Action Program (ILEAP) this fall for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, allowing participants to…