STEM scholarships and jobs Tidewater Community College (TCC) in Virginia has established a program designed to boost the number of women and minorities graduating with degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The TCC…
Trying to get ahead while behind bars Seattle Times Last year, a five-year-old education-for-inmates program — which is offered only at the Washington Corrections Center for Women — had four graduates. This year, it was…
San Jacinto College developing bachelor’s degree programs Houston Business Journal The Texas college began developing bachelor of science in nursing and a bachelor of applied technology in industrial management programs in preparations for hearings on…
A new study of 38 community colleges participating in an open education resources (OER) initiative says that students in OER courses engage with the content as well or better than students in non-OER classes using…
California Gov. Jerry Brown has asked the California community college system to “take whatever steps are necessary” to establish a new, online-only community college. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts – Website
Over the past year, Del Mar College in Texas has doubled down on identifying and supporting students who were close to earning a degree but at risk of not completing. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by…
Mississippi officials will target as many as 158,000 students who have completed some college courses, but no degree, under a new program encouraging them to go back to school. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press….
Tennessee’s new free-tuition program for adult learners starts in the fall of 2018. That has community colleges in the state spreading the word to prospective students. But the effort is more than just promoting the…
Editor’s note: This article comes from EAB, a Gold Star corporate member of the American Association of Community Colleges. Corporate partner articles do not necessarily reflect the opinions of AACC. Many community college leaders feel…
John Lenes has flown in fighter jets, worked as a logger and taught in prisons, but for the past 24 years he has found home at Texas’ College of the Mainland (COM) preparing students for…