Academic programs

Developing dashboards to share data

Online dashboards displaying key metrics can help focus stakeholder attention on progress in community college workforce development efforts. Two Ohio community college leaders will detail their approaches in a presentation at AACC 2025 in April….


Lessons in mentoring from the bus garage

My maternal grandfather was a tough guy to impress, particularly about the role and value of education. He was a traditional Italian-American man, with an endless work ethic and had dropped out of formal education…


A fresh start for one community’s unhoused population

At Pima Community College (PCC), serving “nontraditional” learners is a specialty. The college has become particularly adept at getting adults enrolled in and through training programs and into high-wage jobs. In 2021, it launched FastTrack,…




McMahon: Workforce Pell and more CTE

At her Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday, Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon said that she continues to support a wider array of postsecondary education and training pathways and reiterated her wish to see Pell grants…


Workforce engines that provide economic mobility

During a House appropriations subcommittee hearing on Wednesday that focused on the role of community colleges in preparing Americans for jobs, several GOP lawmakers questioned a panel of witnesses — which included a community college…


Moving ahead on ‘community vibrancy’

A new report from Achieving the Dream (ATD) offers early findings from 15 community colleges participating in an ATD initiative that focuses on “community vibrancy,” which aims to expand access to higher education, create greater…


Ready for a new era of driving

On your daily commute, you probably see numerous electric vehicles (EVs) on the road, even if you don’t know it. Once novel and prohibitively expensive, EVs have become far more mainstream in recent years. Technological…


Expanding dual enrollment in rural California

Editor’s note: This article kicks off a series that will examine some of the topics and sessions that will be featured at the American Association of Community Colleges’ annual convention, which will be held April…