Econ Focus (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
Community colleges contribute to local and regional workforce development in ways that can be difficult to measure.
Fox News
Federal law enforcement authorities have launched a nationwide crackdown dubbed, “Operation Ghostbusters,” to dismantle an international student aid scheme that investigators estimate has been operating since 2021, “potentially reaching several hundred million dollars” in taxpayer losses.
The Job
The California Community Colleges and UNC System are testing out AI-focused apprenticeships and internships, backed by Axim Collaborative.
The Power and Promise of Higher Education (blog)
Community colleges have spent a decade shrinking and have emerged with stronger balance sheets. An analysis of IPEDS data indicates where the sector stands today and where it appears to be headed.
WisPolitics
If Wisconsin wants to strengthen its workforce pipeline and prepare more nurses, welders, firefighters, childcare providers, advanced manufacturing professionals and emerging technology specialists, it must invest in the colleges that prepare them.
