A GED and career path
Up until two years ago, a high school diploma was the minimum educational credential required for a job at the University of Kansas Health System, which operates a sprawling network of hospital buildings and medical…
Academic programs
Handling clinicals, apprenticeships and more
Community colleges across the country are shifting classes to online instruction in response to the coronavirus pandemic, but they’re finding more challenges in figuring what to do about nursing clinicals, apprenticeships and other hands-on programs….
Federal efforts pertaining to COVID-19
Congress and the Trump administration are working on legislation and guidance related to federal student aid and other issues affecting colleges and students as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. Education Department (ED)…
Building an entrepreneurial ecosystem
I sometimes refer to spurring entrepreneurial growth as an experience. The table is set, your guests are seated, and entrepreneurship is on the menu. Whether it is your first time or you are highly experienced,…
AACC cancels convention
As a precaution to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has canceled its 100th Annual Convention scheduled for this month. “Our primary concern has been, and will always…
Reporter’s notebook
Coronavirus and commencement With growing concern over the spread of the coronavirus, colleges around the country are developing business continuity plans in case classes and events are postponed or canceled. The slightest details aren’t escaping…
Developing business acumen among STEM students
For many community college students aspiring to become science-based entrepreneurs, the business part of their innovations is a murky area. But there’s a national program to help them develop a better understanding of how to…
Addressing the lag among African-American male students
When the president of Greenville Technical College brought together a team to take a hard look at persistence and retention, that group found that African-American males were lagging behind others. Alecia Watt is director of…
Partnerships to develop more teachers
Charles Ford was busy taking cosmetology classes and participating in student government at his local community college last fall when a teacher and the college president floated an idea he’d never thought about. Barbara Shelly…
Homing in on drones
The use of unmanned drone technology has taken flight in a wide array of industries, including bridge and utility line inspections, construction and land surveying, law enforcement (for use in accident reconstruction) and aerial photography….