SUNY Broome Community College, a finalist in the 2026 Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC), has engaged in quantum science through a student team project called “Hands-On Quantum Education.” The team is developing a portable, compact…
America has built a crowded opportunity system. But it hasn’t yet managed to build a clear opportunity map that guides people through that system. The U.S. now has more than 1.85 million credentials, from high…
More and more, higher education institutions are being held accountable for what happens to students once they leave college. Did they successfully transfer? Did they get a job with the greatest economic outcome? Getting to…
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is rapidly transforming how we learn, work, communicate and solve problems. Platforms like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude are becoming integral to workplaces, healthcare, business and education. Many community…
Despite many advances in community college workforce development practice, there are some warning signs that need addressing in the near future. There has been a decline in credit enrollment in many workforce programs, particularly among…
The U.S. Department of Education on Monday issued the final rule for Workforce Pell Grants, opening federal student aid to programs as short as eight weeks beginning July 1. What the “2026 Survey of College…
America doesn’t suffer from a shortage of pathways to opportunity. It suffers from a shortage of ways to help people navigate those pathways. Community colleges need to step up and play a central role in…
Except for a different secretary, Tuesday’s hearing on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed budget was almost identical to last year’s, with Acting Secretary Keith Sonderling pitching to significantly cut his agency’s funding while seeking…
Education Secretary Linda McMahon spent much of her time during a House Education and Workforce Committee hearing on Thursday defending the agency’s exclusion of nursing as a “professional degree” for student loan limits. The Education…
Photos from institutional members of the American Association of Community Colleges. Arizona Western Entrepreneurial College officially opened the Future48 Workforce Accelerator, a 5,600-square-foot facility to expand hands-on training in high-demand industries. Joining Arizona Western College leadership…