Academic programs

Reporter’s notebook

Four colleges, university create dual-enrollment programIT association to form CTE advisory council Four colleges, university create dual-enrollment program Four western Pennsylvania community colleges and a private four-year university are partnering to allow students from the…


A $5.5M gift to encourage STEM careers

Continuing with its recent giving to the college, SC Johnson will donate $5.5 million to Gateway Technical College (Wisconsin) to create a STEM pathway program for women and people of color who have historically been…


Reporter’s notebook

House education committee membersFTC sends $1.7M in refunds related to student loan debt relief scamTennessee’s OSHA training program goes global House education committee members The House Education and Labor Committee has announced its full committee…


New challenges, new skills

Before Covid, Brea Nazareno enjoyed the lively campus atmosphere at Oregon’s Portland Community College (PCC), acting as student body president and a Phi Theta Kappa chapter president. Now back with her parents in Vancouver, Washington, Nazareno is completing…


Reporter’s notebook

House education committee member dies of CovidMattis speaks with student veteransEMS students assemble first-aid kitsSmithfield Foods expands apprenticeships into MissouriHealth lab in a home setting House education committee member dies of Covid Rep. Ron Wright…


House again passes apprenticeship bill

The House on Friday approved an apprenticeship bill, similar to the one it passed this fall, that would expand registered apprenticeships and strengthen pre-apprenticeship and youth apprenticeship programs. HR 447, the National Apprenticeships Act, passed…


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SUNY community colleges brace for $46M cuts over 2 yearsNNY 360Community colleges in the State University of New York system will prioritize cutting administrative jobs and staff to offset revenue gaps caused by the pandemic,…


More coordination needed, Walsh says

Marty Walsh, President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. labor secretary, said at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday that he would seek closer ties with the U.S. Education Department (ED) and other federal agencies to better…


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Newsom’s proposal would create ‘dual admission’ program for community college transfer studentsEdSourceCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to ease the transfer from community colleges to the state’s public universities, and newly released details draw a clearer…


Beyond books

Community college libraries have long provided online resources – not just learning materials, but also online access to librarians and staff through chatbots and video conferencing. Those resources have expanded during the pandemic, as has…