Diane Rhodes did not know anything about the Community College Innovation Challenge prior to Xavier Cotton, a student in her computer science courses at Front Range Community College, and Cristian Madrazo, asking her to mentor…
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) last week submitted extensive comments to the U.S. Education Department (ED) concerning the department’s proposal to create a list of higher education programs that provide “low financial value.”…
From community college to medical school AAMC News (Association of American Medical Colleges) Students attending community colleges face barriers to becoming doctors. Medical schools hope new programs will help. How Bay Area community colleges handle…
Jessica Barnes loves her job as a registered nurse at the Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta VA Medical Center in Decatur, Georgia. The 2021 Associate Degree Nursing Flex graduate says Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College (OCtech) prepared her…
Tennessee community and technical colleges are not only the college of choice for students seeking short-term training for high-wage careers, but they are a driving force for businesses choosing to relocate or expand their operations…
With the increase in teacher shortages across the U.S., a new player is beginning to emerge. It is the community and technical college, which number nearly 1,200. Florida has been leading the way with its…
Indianapolis students get ‘leg up’ on careers with European-style apprenticeships The 74 Endress + Hauser, a Swiss and German company that makes manufacturing equipment, and the Industry Consortium for Advanced Technical Training pay full community…
Hard Labor: Biden faces tough choice to replace Marty Walsh The Hill Deputy Labor Secretary Julie Su and former Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-New York) are considered front-runners for the top U.S. Labor Department job…
There are new scholarship opportunities at Pearl River Community College (PRCC) for students in certain career and technical programs thanks to a $30,000 donation from PRCC alum Craig Griffing and his family. Griffing attended the…
Stacy Yonnone remembers working on cars with her father in the family garage, a radio nearby belting out tunes from a local rock station. World-renowned heavy metal band Metallica was on constant rotation back then,…