Newsmakers
New CEOs James Johnston is now chancellor of Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell. He had most recently served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Midwestern State University in Texas, a position he held…
Campus Issues
More colleges join AACC/Microsoft cyber skills initiative
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has announced the second cohort of 14 community colleges that will join a national effort by Microsoft and AACC to help two-year colleges create and expand cybersecurity programs….
Headlines
Fidelity pledges $250M to support minority students Associated Press Fidelity Investments will commit $250 million to a new education initiative to support up to 50,000 underserved minority students with scholarships and mentorship programs in the…
Fast-tracking learning
When Pima Community College in Arizona rolled out its first “Fast Track” programs in October 2021, allowing students to earn a stackable micro-credential that would lead to a high-paying job in as little as 12…
Funding roundup
Holyoke Community College has received an $81,605 Bridges to College grant from the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education to expand its Western Mass CORE program. CORE stands for “community, opportunity, resources and education.” The program…
AACC news & notes
Upcoming events Register for AACC AnnualAACC Annual provides an opportunity for community college professionals to network and learn. The 2023 meeting will take place April 1-4 in Denver. Keynote speakers include former Daily Show host…
2023 AACC Awards of Excellence finalists
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has announced the finalists for its 2023 Awards of Excellence, which underscore the association’s priorities and brings national visibility to promising practices among its member colleges. Winners will…
Headlines
Have some Gateway credits but no diploma? GTC could be calling WGTD With the help of a $200,000 grant, Gateway Technical College has hired a third-party vendor to try to contact at least some of…
Recruitment, support and then completion
With the pandemic years almost completely behind us, community colleges across the country now have several new challenges to work on. The large drop in student enrollment is the first. This began before the pandemic…
Kickstarting a biotech program at Compton
The MentorLinks application requires faculty members to obtain their college president’s signature on their application. That request led to a conversation between Compton College President Keith Curry and Katherine A. Marsh, an assistant professor of biology,…