As the fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations process gets underway in Congress, community colleges have the opportunity to request federal dollars for specific projects. Many senate offices have begun accepting “congressionally directed spending (CDS)” requests…
Photos from AACC-member colleges. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Oregon)(center), a community college alumna and a senior member of the House Education and the Workforce’s Higher Education Subcommittee, visited Oregon’s Tillamook Bay Community College to learn about…
Attorney General Josh Stein meets with area leaders to discuss opioid settlement Hendersonville Times-News North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein made a stop at Blue Ridge Community College this week to discuss the allocation of…
CEO on the move Sonya Christian will serve as the next permanent chancellor of California Community Colleges, the largest system of public higher education in the country, effective June 1. She is currently chancellor of…
The two faculty members on South Arkansas Community College’s (SouthArk) MentorLinks team had high expectations of their MentorLinks mentor Elizabeth Hawthorne based on the positive things they had heard about her from information technology instructors…
As we all know, prior to the Covid pandemic, the growth of online enrollments at colleges and universities had been phenomenal. As late as 2019, online enrollments were on average 25% of overall community college…
Workforce programs at community colleges must be tied to local employment needs. That means forging partnerships in the community with employers and workforce development board. Melanie Anderson, executive vice president of the National Association of…
Some people going into the trades wonder why their classmates stick with college Hechinger Report “When CTE was vocational education, part of the reason we had a real disinvestment from the system was because we…
Palm Beach State College (PBSC) recently unveiled the newly named Oristano Center for Innovation in Health Sciences at the Florida college’s Palm Beach Gardens campus. The naming follows a $1.7 million gift to the Foundation…
Third round of Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants ATD gives its top honor to Ohio college Getting the word out More data needed on students with disabilities in SSS program Third round of Strengthening Community…