Kvaal passes Senate ed committeeMassachusetts community colleges: No vaccine mandatesMDC, IBM team to diversify tech fieldToyota to invest $1.7M to help diversify engineering workforce in Kentucky Kvaal passes Senate ed committee James Kvaal is a…
Sometimes adversity breeds innovation. That’s exactly what the Electronic Engineering Technology Program (EET) at Portland Community College (PCC) did in 2020 when classes were forced to go online as a result of the pandemic. As…
House appropriators on Tuesday heard about the vast challenges community colleges and their students have faced during the pandemic, and lawmakers expressed they are keenly aware that two-year colleges will serve as a lynchpin to…
Andrew Hunter is just 19 years old, but you can’t tell it from his resume. At a stage in life when many of his peers are just settling into college life, Hunter has already graduated…
The annual compensation survey by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) provides a glimpse at how faculty members have fared over the past year. Overall, average full-time faculty salaries among surveyed U.S. colleges and…
Community colleges turn to new incentives for recruitmentInside Higher EdCommunity college leaders are intentionally focusing on what resources students, especially first-generation students, need to feel they can successfully navigate remote learning, says Martha Parham of…
Far fewer college students transferred to other institutions over the past year mainly a result of declining college enrollments prompted by the pandemic, and community college students again saw the biggest drops, according to a…
The Biden administration on Friday gave Congress its appropriations wish list for fiscal year 2022 that includes increases for community colleges, Pell Grant awards and job training programs, including registered apprenticeships. Overall, the president’s budget…
AACC/ACCT seek $50B for upgrades to college facilitiesKudos to Goldwater scholars AACC/ACCT seek $50B for upgrades to college facilities The two national organizations representing community college leaders are asking Congress to include $50 billion in…
Dr. Sian Proctor — geoscientist, professor, space artist. That last one might cause you to pause, but that is exactly what the South Mountain Community College (SMCC) geoscience professor will be doing in space in…