The in-person 2022 AACC Annual in New York City is about five weeks away. It’s the community college sector’s premier event for professional development, information, networking and more. Joe Schaffer, president of Laramie County Community…
Before Kiandra Smith went to college, her college came to her. As a student at Madras High School, located in a town of fewer than 10,000 people in the rolling high desert of Oregon’s interior,…
Micah Leary knew she would major in a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) field, but she wasn’t sure what specialty to pursue until she found her passion at Tyler Junior College. “I had taken…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) last Friday wrapped up its negotiated rulemaking for the Committee on Institutional and Programmatic Eligibility for Title IV student aid programs. Consensus was reached on only two of the seven…
For 31-year-old Bramin, one of the most interesting aspects of the “Epidemics in History” course he took last fall was hearing the opinions of his classmates. “Our views and stances on certain topics challenged us…
It has been called many things: live online, web live, online synced or virtual live. This modality pairs live synchronous sessions with traditional aspects of distance learning, such as online lesson materials and activities. This…
Out of approximately 1,200 community colleges in the U.S., about 10% currently have Black chief executives — and more than 25% of that group has participated in the Lakin Institute for Mentored Leadership, a national…
As nurses quit, states seek to train moreStateline (Pew Trusts blog)Indiana’s Ivy Tech Community College turned away about 300 qualified students last year because of capacity issues. To address that, a new law lets the…
For the first time in 20 years, the number of Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) in the U.S. has decreased. It dropped by 10 institutions, from 569 in 2019-20 to 559 in 2020-21, according to analysis by…
Editor’s note: Photos from member institutions of the American Association of Community Colleges. A dental assistant student at Central Oregon Community College shows Gov. Kate Brown the different stages of human teeth in the college’s dental…