Pitching their passion projects
Danial Nasr Azadani is passionate about his work. That work? Saving lives. Tabitha Whissemoreis a contributor to Community College Daily and managing editor of AACC’s Community College Journal.More Posts – Website
Technology
Partnering for ‘new-collar’ job training
You’ve heard of blue-collar and white-collar jobs and middle-skills jobs. Now there are “new-collar” jobs, and IBM is partnering with community colleges to prepare people for these in-demand tech jobs. AACC StaffMore Posts – Website
Let’s talk TAACCCT
Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grants from the U.S. Department of Labor help community colleges and other eligible higher education institutions better deliver education and career training programs, preparing more people…
Support for CTE despite proposed cuts
During a House education appropriations subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos lauded the importance of career and technical education (CTE) in helping to prepare students and workers for available jobs. Daily StaffCCDaily…
Prepped for opportunities in the smallest of worlds
Butler County Community College (BC3) sophomore Ross Black has his sights set on that which the naked eye can’t see, matter 100,000 times thinner than the width of a human hair. Bill Foleyis interim communications…
Colleges save money on energy
Faced with declining public funds and less tuition revenue because of lagging enrollments, many community colleges are looking for ways to curb spending to balance their books. One area that several colleges have focused on…
Bill would expand maritime workforce training
A bill introduced this week in the House would designate certain coastal community colleges as maritime workforce training centers to help industry employers find much-need skilled workers. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association…
Another try to reauthorize Perkins
Two members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee on Thursday introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize programs under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American…
Funding roundup
In Maryland, Hagerstown Community College (HCC) radiography students will benefit from a recent donation of a surgical C-arm machine from the Meritus Medical Center. “The radiography students will now be able to practice using the…
OERs grow on campuses
Open educational resources (OERs) are expected to have a growing impact on community colleges, according to an annual survey. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts – Website