DENVER — State directors of community colleges covered a lot of ground at their spring meeting on Saturday, from dual-enrollment trends to hiring challenges, as well as updates on restarting Pell for incarcerated individuals and…
While information doubled every 12 months in 1982, it is doubling every 12 hours today. The burden of what some call “liquid learning,” the need for continual learning, is felt by professors and increasing. The…
Enrollment at community colleges finally saw an uptick this spring. Like in the fall, continued increases in dual enrollment and first-time students are the main drivers, according to a National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Research Center…
The scientific method, cell structure, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, mitosis and meiosis, DNA structure. These are some of the complex topics taught in professor Emmanuel Santa-Martinez’s biology classes; topics that are even tougher to grasp if…
Too often, discussions about college affordability focus solely on traditional college-age, full-time students who are pursuing a bachelor’s degree. But that excludes the millions of community college students who are adult learners attending part-time while…
Using Perkins for CTE teachers House hearings this week DOL grant program focuses on youth, young adults Using Perkins for CTE teachers The U.S. Education Department has released guidance on using federal Perkins grants to…
“Every time I think of ET, I tear up. It was my way into a life that I didn’t know could exist. My life was never the same after that.” Millie participated in Vassar College’s…
A new American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) report summarizes the challenges that community colleges faced during the Covid pandemic as well as their responses. It covers a broad area, including enrollment declines, the equity…
In-person visits to two California community college biotechnician programs significantly influenced the expansion of a Nebraska community college’s biotech program. Those visits — and the on-site visit of a mentor to Southeast Community College’s campus…
Picture it: a college basement adjunct lounge, 2017. In four years, I never saw anyone be able to print anything from the printer. There was a random toy castle on one of the shelves —…