The Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act was signed into law in 2022, providing $280 billion in funding, with $52.7 billion for American semiconductor research, development, manufacturing and workforce development. Why…
Black student enrollment at community colleges offering bachelor’s degrees is seeing slower growth than students of other races, according to analysis of federal data by Level UP, a nationwide network of CEOs, community college executives,…
The percentage of working-age adults in the U.S. earning a post-high school credential continues to climb, according to an annual report by Lumina Foundation. The national post-high school education attainment rate among adults 25 to…
NEW ORLEANS — The billions of dollars that the federal government is investing in a multitude of economic development efforts are starting to flow, but the job isn’t done. In fact, it won’t succeed if…
Survey: Growing competition in the training field Colorado initiative to help businesses, workers get back on track Slow progress on comprehensive learner records House bill pitches rural workforce development grants Massachusetts college opens Scholarship Resource…
Central Wyoming College (CWC) professor Jacki Klancher is so enthusiastic about the Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC) that in anticipation of this past Monday’s launch of the 2024 national competition, she sent all her faculty…
“College Enrollment Tops Projected Figures for 1988.” That was the top headline for the first issue of the Community, Technical, and Junior College Times on January 3, 1989, the biweekly newspaper of the American Association…
I’ve been living in the U.S. since 1995, following my graduation from the University of Silesia with a master’s degree in English, specializing in literature and teaching methodology. I came here to enhance my English…
New research on the value of increased college degree attainment shows more Americans are earning postsecondary degrees, but attainment gaps between racial/ethnic gaps have barely moved. However, the wider gaps are centered at the baccalaureate…
The December/January issue of Community College Journal, published bimonthly by the American Association of Community Colleges, includes a photo spotlight on workforce development programs submitted by community colleges across the country. We have a few…