Community colleges continue to adapt in the post-Covid era. Uncertainty remains as to whether we will have to close down again or not. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are potential…
Katie Nerison has worked in healthcare since she was 15. Throughout her career, nurses and directors encouraged her to pursue her degree, which cost and time made nearly impossible. Then, her employer hosted a meeting…
The U.S. Education Department’s (ED) final regulations for new Pell Grant eligibility has set the parameters for this important new eligibility for community colleges. The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) had submitted detailed comments…
Johnson County Community College eager to prepare future Panasonic workforce in KansasKSHBThe college is offering curriculum prepared specifically for some 4,000 new jobs at an electric vehicle battery facility in its area. Good news and…
Cathy Wilhm’s schedule was jammed, but she wasn’t complaining. “We are here to educate and train students for the workforce, and we can’t do that really well without getting good information from the people who…
About 20 nanotechnology companies currently have posted job openings on the National Talent Hub and another 30 companies are working to get their profiles into the state-of-the-art talent pipeline that focuses on the semiconductor and…
President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel student debt would benefit millions of students, but debt cancellation treats the symptom, not the underlying causes. While the rising costs of college helped drive the growth of student…
Everything about Zach Oxendine exudes energy and purpose. One of seven children born to deaf parents in rural South Carolina and a member of the Lumbee tribe of Native Americans, he charted his own path…
A few photos from last week’s Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Principal Investigator’s Conference in Washington, D.C. The annual event is managed by the American Association of Community Colleges with support from the National Science Foundation….
One person worked in a grocery store; another waited on tables. A third didn’t know what to do after high school. And then there was the high-achieving high school sophomore. For all four, a turning…