The U.S. Education Department this week released Perkins program data culled from state reports submitted for the 2020-21 program year, which is the first year to include data under Perkins V. The information is presented…
Luis Espinoza’s ordeal to be able to practice as a nurse in the U.S. is a cautionary tale. Despite immigrating from Mexico to Chicago in 1999 with a nursing degree and returning to obtain a…
Student recruitment is an aspect of many of the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) initiatives that the National Science Foundation (NSF) supports with grants to community and two-year technical colleges. ATE educators are aware that career…
From the time community college baccalaureate (CCB) degrees were envisioned, Washington state centered new programming on creating more equitable access and outcomes for students with limited opportunity to attend the university. Like many other CCB…
The bulk of new community college baccalaureate (CCB) programs focus on health sciences and nursing, followed by business-related programs, according to the Community College Baccalaureate Association (CCBA). Health sciences and nursing comprising nearly 30% of…
The 2022 Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Principal Investigators’ Conference began this week with a virtual session for community college presidents to learn from their peers about how to use ATE grants from the National Science…
Addressing challenges with early alert systemsHouston college’s fashion archive joins Google platform Addressing challenges with early alert systems Many higher education institutions — including community colleges — use early alert systems (EAS) to flag students…
Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) and its partners will use a $2.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to increase the number of community health workers in west Michigan. GRCC…
Palm Beach State College (PBSC) this month opened the official home of its Dr. Barbara Carey-Shuler Equity Institute, which aims to improve retention and close the graduation gap for minority students. The Florida college reconfigured…
At a time when hot-button phrases such as “critical race theory” are tossed around like political grenades by those who’ve never even bothered to find out what they actually mean, it seems we have a…