Academic programs

The power of CTE — for our students, for our country

“Unemployment rate hits 3.9%, a rare low, as job market becomes more competitive,” ran the May 4, 2018 headline of the New York Times. Mark Mitsuiis president of Portland Community College in Oregon.More Posts


Using the great outdoors as a classroom

Oakton Community College student Nosheen Majeed found an unorthodox way to earn six college credits this summer – camping for 17 days across Midwestern and Western states. Steve Repsysis a public relations specialist at Oakton…


3 interventions to help students stay on course

As a facilitator at Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, Alabama, I use interventions that will direct students to the path to their personal best in my mathematics classroom. Lance Boydis a mathematics instructor at…


Leadership during tragedy

As Antonio Perez retires from the presidency of the Borough of Manhattan Community College on August 31, he is being remembered for increasing enrollment, expanding the number of degree programs and raising the profile of…


Real-world, research-based opportunities

As students return to the Davidson County Community College (DCCC) campus in North Carolina, the fall semester will hold a new opportunity for those who want to discover real solutions to very real problems affecting…


The leaders within

College didn’t take at first for Diego Tibaquirá. Ed FinkelEd Finkel is an education writer based in Illinois.More Posts


Ready-to-work cyber-security employees

Since graduating from Illinois Central College in December 2017 with associate degrees in secure software development, Khabran Peters and Branson Moreno have been working full time as software developers at ISHPI Information Technologies. This is…


Affordability is critical in budget process

For community college leaders, maintaining affordability is a high priority and raising tuition is a last resort. But ensuring the college is providing a high-quality education that is also a good value for students is…


Too much to juggle

A student recently came into my office at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (New York), where I am a mathematics professor. A single mother with a 5-year-old daughter, the student told me she works…


Exceptional programs focused on Latino success

From addressing basic English and math shortcomings, to encouraging college completion, programs focused on Latino students at five community colleges have been named finalists for the 2018 Examples of Excelencia. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by…