It’s easy to be in favor of internships. Paid internships with high-tech industries provide students with workplace experience — sometimes even the opportunity to do authentic research — while earning enough to forgo other employment…
Sharp drops in fall enrollments among Native American, Black and Hispanic community college freshmen are near 30%, according to updated data from the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Research Center. The decline in the overall freshman…
Selected photos from AACC-member colleges. (From left) Lane Glenn, president of Northern Essex Community College, joins Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, Sal Lupoli (CEO of Lupoli Companies), former state Rep. Brian Dempsey and Haverhill Mayor Jim…
The flexible schedules and remote learning opportunities offered at community colleges attract many active-duty military personnel such as Jason Cannavino. In the midst of field exercises at Fort Bliss in Texas, work, family and being…
The American Association of Community Colleges’ annual convention typically draws more than 2,000 people for in-person learning and networking. Due to the global pandemic, the 2021 convention will look a little different. AACC will offer two options…
National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) is a week-long nationwide celebration highlighting the benefits of registered apprenticeships and their importance to prepare individuals for a high-demand skilled workforce. This year, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced…
Resilience. That word has been used a lot to describe community college students struggling financially due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Even with the San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) providing thousands of laptops for students…
Affirmative action ballot measure fails, but these students are still fighting to diversify their universitiesCALmattersProposition 16 failed, but students at public colleges and universities in California have been trying to increase representation of students of…
Implementing guided pathways at community colleges is a costly proposition. Still, it can be worthwhile, leading to improved student outcomes, concludes a report by the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University’s Teachers College….
Wyatt Stringer understands how the world works and wants to build it better through his newfound skills in woodworking. He understood it a little too well in high school, though, and boredom was intense enough…