Final pitches and the CCIC winners
Xavier Cotton and Cristian Madrazo wait for a bypasser to glance at their poster that outlines their idea for a drone that can clean up aquatic oil spills using hair as part of its filtration…
Academic Programs
What’s hot: Electric vehicles, drones and more
Emerging technology trends are always evident in Mentor-Connect teams’ proposals. This summer, 21 faculty-led teams from two-year colleges are continuing to receive Mentor-Connect mentoring to sharpen their ideas for innovations in technician education fields…
Opportunities in a workforce crisis
Employers in nearly all industries are scrambling to find workers, which has many members of Congress concerned about its potential effects on the U.S. economy. But Labor Secretary Marty Walsh sees a potential to help…
A local partnership to produce more aerospace workers
According to a report by Boeing, in the next two decades the aviation industry will face a dire shortage of skilled workers to maintain the North American fleet as demand for aviation technicians will hit…
Headlines
Russell Kavalhuna, hired to lead Virginia’s community colleges, isn’t taking the job after allRichmond Times-DispatchRussell Kavalhuna, who was named the new chancellor of Virginia’s 23 community colleges, is no longer expected to take the job,…
Boot camp prepares CCIC teams for competition
For a handful of students who previously competed in the Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC), which focuses on developing STEM-related solutions to real-world problems, it wasn’t so much the technical parts of the competition that…
In photos: Opening day of the CCIC boot camp
This week, teams comprised of students and mentors from 12 selected community colleges traveled to the Washington, D.C., area to, in part, learn how to pitch innovative STEM projects they developed. The Community College Innovation…
Improving equitable transfer
About 80 transfer professionals met last week in Chicago as part of the Equity Transfer Initiative (ETI) to explore ways to improve equitable transfer on community college-to-university baccalaureate pathways. ETI is a two-year national initiative…
3M’s perspective on workforce issues
You’ve probably heard the saying that only death and taxes are certain. Maybe add having a 3M product at home, work or wherever you go to that list. Whether it’s the popular N95 mask, adhesives,…
Personal approach helps Michigan college boost enrollment, retention
Declining enrollments and low retention rates are issues plaguing many institutions, and there are no perfect solutions. There are just too many factors: diverse populations, family and work commitments, financial distress, lack of support, housing,…