Headlines
In a tight labor market, technical training is everything Marketplace The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis observes in its new “Beige Book” report that investment in technical training has increased in its district. The…
Academic Programs
Growing and evolving apprenticeships
The unique, wide-ranging apprenticeship program at Harper College in Illinois is thriving thanks to its broad reach and rigorous expectations across the board, officials say, and it’s paying off in several ways for the college…
Booming dual enrollment
The number of high school students enrolling in dual-enrollment programs at community colleges was steadily increasing prior to Covid and mushroomed during the pandemic — and continues to hold strong and grow even further in…
‘Meeting students where they are’
Facing enrollment declines that date to the Great Recession and accelerated during the worst of the pandemic, community colleges are redoubling their focus on student-readiness to seem — and become — as welcoming as possible…
Reporter’s notebook
Dual-enrollment bill reintroduced in Senate Raising funds to expand Unmudl NEH grants to expand humanities Dual-enrollment bill reintroduced in Senate A bipartisan team of senators last week reintroduced legislation to expand the use of federal…
How will AI impact the future of the LMS?
First a caveat. Predicting the future is hard. Predicting the future development of learning management systems (LMS) is very hard — even for LMS developers. There’s been a great deal of hand-wringing in education since…
CUNY charges up curriculum with digital literacy
To ensure greater equity among teaching students’ digital literacy — and to ensure that they can confidently and enthusiastically deliver such instruction to their diverse populations of students — the City University of New York…
Lean on me
Pushy parents are often integral in the process of students applying to colleges, and they can be crucial for students who want to transfer from a two- to a four-year institution. But what about students…
ICYMI: Coverage of the 2023 AACC Annual
Here is a compilation of CC Daily articles on the 2023 AACC Annual in Denver. We look forward to seeing you in Louisville, Kentucky, for the 2024 annual convention! The best of the best: 2023…
Busting the CEO stereotype
DENVER — There was definitely a community vibe at the AACC Annual session titled “Fierce Women CEOs: Be One, Know One, Support One.” Fifteen minutes before the presentation was scheduled to start, it was already…