Tech giants Google and Amazon are beefing up their involvement in helping to train more technology professionals, and community colleges are key partners in their efforts. Matthew Dembickiis editor of Community College Daily and serves…
It’s hard to remember at a time when seemingly every student has at least a couple of devices and sometimes several — laptops, tablets, smartphones and more — but within the lifetime of anyone currently…
Less need for federal loans: Only one-quarter of community college students who received Pell grants took on federal-loan debt in 2015-16, compared to nearly two-thirds of students at public four-year institutions. (Read the PDF.) AACC…
Working part-time or full-time is a reality for most community college students, but some colleges are using various initiatives to ease working students’ academic and financial burdens to ensure that they don’t drop out, according…
After her family immigrated to Southern California from Syria in 2013, Diala Alhousari often pulled all-nighters out of necessity. Getting her homework done required on the spot translation into Arabic and back into English. Rhonda…
While declining enrollment continues to plague many community colleges across the country, preliminary figures at Maine’s community colleges show a 6.3 percent increase in fall-to-fall enrollment. That amounts to about 950 more students, for a…
The student loan default rate for community colleges continues to drop, dipping below 16 percent for fiscal year 2016, according to new federal data. Matthew Dembickiis editor of Community College Daily and serves as publications…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the nature of work and the workforce, requiring community and technical colleges to restructure programs to meet employers’ demand for new skill sets. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College…
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Tuesday voted along party lines to advance Eugene Scalia, President Trump’s nominee for labor secretary. Matthew Dembickiis editor of Community College Daily and serves as…
Employment of dental assistants and hygienists is projected to balloon 20 percent over the next decade, a trend the Bureau of Labor Statistics attributes to an aging population coupled with research connecting oral health to…