Commentary: New NSF funding to bolster community college, HBCU capacity for the innovation economy
Forbes
The National Science Foundation has launched a new $20 million workforce program called Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity (EPIIC) that will help colleges build their partnership capacity for training leading to jobs in emerging technology fields, including in AI, quantum computing, nanotechnology and clean energy.
JLARC says colleges, school divisions could cover dual enrollment costs
Richmond Times Dispatch
Virginia’s Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission recommends community colleges and K-12 school divisions eliminate tuition and fees for dual-enrollment courses provided on high school campuses — a decision the General Assembly could act on in several ways.
Lawmakers reach deal on framework for omnibus spending package
The Hill
The House is expected to pass a weeklong stopgap spending bill on Wednesday that would keep the government’s lights on through Dec. 23 to give negotiators and lawmakers enough time to pass the omnibus package.
The best outcome? Higher income
Site Selection Magazine
A new project from the Aspen Institute and Columbia University’s Community College Research Center aims to align credentials with better earnings.
Why Community College of Philadelphia believes it can buck national trend of enrollment declines
Philadelphia Business Journal (subscription required)
The so-called enrollment cliff many higher education institutions are grappling with is hitting community colleges hard, but the Community College of Philadelphia is seeing figures that give the school’s leadership hope.
