A new comprehensive study of dual enrollment (ED) shows that the popular programs yield higher rates of students attending colleges and completing, but there are gaps in access and success for low-income, Black and Hispanic…
North Carolina Community College System, Belk Endowment partner to provide $2M in hurricane relief EdNC Following Hurricane Helene’s devastating impact on western North Carolina, the John M. Belk Endowment has committed $2 million in funding…
S&P: Community colleges lifted by improved enrollment and finances Higher Ed Dive After steep drops in student numbers during the pandemic, the sector has cause for optimism, analysts said. Once a bridge to a bachelor’s,…
The Alamo Colleges District (ACD) has become the first higher education institution to receive the prestigious Baldrige Award twice. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Thursday announced that…
Artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly become a hot topic in conversations about education policies. When it first started gaining attention in academic circles, many of us were concerned about how it might be misused —…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) announced this week the 200 institutions — nearly half of which are community and technical colleges — that are eligible for the new Postsecondary Success Recognition Program. Part of the…
A West Virginia University (WVU) researcher is paving the way for two-year community and technical college students to pursue astrophysics and astronomy at four-year institutions like WVU. The project, called Students Teams of Astrophysics Researchers — Undergraduate Pathways,…
TJC hosts summit with community college leaders and congressmen KETK Tyler Junior College hosted a Texas community college leaders summit this week with congressional legislators — including members of the House Education and the Workforce…
U.S. postsecondary educational institutions conferred nearly 5.4 million officially recognized graduate and undergraduate credentials — degrees, certificates, etc. — during the 2022-23 academic year. However, the count of credentials does not represent the number of…
Photos from the American Association of Community Colleges and its member institutions. Walter Bumphus, president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges, participates in this week’s AACC Future Leaders Institute/Future Presidents Institute in Washington,…