The U.S. Education Department (ED) last week released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on distance education, the credit hour, competency-based education and other items falling under the general category of “innovation.” The rules…
College of DuPage (COD) student and Illinois National Guard Pfc. Sabine Gonzalez knew she could be deployed at any time around the U.S., but she never thought it would be to help in the fight…
As we begin National Community College Month, it’s safe to say this is not the April any of us expected. The COVID-19 pandemic has catapulted the entire nation into a new reality, including higher education…
For Anne Kress, president of Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), allowing students to take courses in the current term on a pass/non-pass basis instead of traditional grades was almost essential. “We need to be real…
Leéna Boone, who enrolled in her first class at Lorain County Community College (LCCC) in Ohio when she was just 12 years old, was recently named one of the top 20 community college students in…
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…
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….
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)…
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,…
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…