The Dallas County Community College District‘s effort to unify its colleges into a single institution comes with a new name: Dallas College. The district’s plan was approved on Monday by its accreditor, the Southern Association…
Third wave of Perkins state plan approvalsFlorida’s plan to reopen schools, college campuses Third wave of Perkins state plan approvals The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Friday announced the approval of the next group of…
The COVID-19 pandemic, upsurge in unemployment and social unrest are leading to soul-searching among community college leaders on how they can best serve their students and communities. Four presidents discussed how their institutions are adapting…
The Rise Prize finalistsUndecided high school students mull their options The Rise Prize finalists Organizers of the inaugural Rise Prize on Wednesday announced 26 finalists for the award that include four projects at community colleges….
At Techtonic, a small software developer based in Boulder, Colorado, the idea for starting an apprenticeship program began in 2016 when the company wanted to see if it could hire locally rather than looking abroad….
A conversation on Monday about racism and systemic reform on campuses that included two community college presidents was only about 45 minutes, but it packed a punch. During a session that was part of a…
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Portland Community College’s nursing program has moved entirely online using innovative software that allows its students to care for actor patients in real-time. The pivot has allowed its students to…
For many years, the high cost of textbooks has negatively affected college students. For example, in a recent survey of students at HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, roughly 20 percent of students said they regularly…
A New Mexico community college is working with a group of other stakeholders to develop a new way to more easily track workers’ credentials and skills to better align them with workplace needs. Central New…
COVID-19 has disrupted many of our lives, especially high school seniors who were excited to graduate and begin a new chapter at a university in the fall. Much of the four-year experience is about exploring…