How did Colorado community colleges double their graduation rate? By better meeting student needsColorado ChalkbeatColorado’s community colleges more than doubled their graduation rates from 2015 to 2020 by focusing on student support in and out…
Los Angeles district pilots teaching certain classes in Spanish A final push to get short-term Pell done this year Strengthening student support services Research on math, CTE efforts in Virginia Los Angeles district pilots teaching…
Commentary: New NSF funding to bolster community college, HBCU capacity for the innovation economyForbesThe National Science Foundation has launched a new $20 million workforce program called Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity (EPIIC) that will…
After the higher education community noted its concerns in a joint letter, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) no longer plans to transition to a new enrollment management system (EMS) in mid-January. Instead, the…
Local community colleges adjust EMT courses to facilitate easier access for studentsTelegraph HeraldIn Iowa, community colleges are utilizing a combination of online coursework and localized training sessions to reach interested students for their emergency medical…
JPMorgan Chase has committed $3.3 million toward a disaster resilience and workforce collaborative led by Houston Community College (HCC). The collaborative unites 17 local community partners to offer resiliency career training. Local community partners will…
The letters P, D and F – which stand for “portable document format” – changed the world back in 1991, and they have become a common source of information on college websites. Rather than creating…
New research by the Harvard Business School in partnership with the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) shows a significant disconnect between community colleges and business and industry when it comes to collaborating on workforce…
Big tech, community colleges partnering in educationVoice of AmericaNeethi Anand Gangidi came from India to the U.S. to study chemical engineering. But when the Covid pandemic created difficulties for her doctoral studies, she changed direction…
New CEOs Brian Knetl will serve as the fifth president of Waubonsee Community College in Illinois. He is currently provost and executive vice president of academic and student Affairs at Grand Rapids Community College in…