Default rates continue downward trend
New federal data show that the student loan default rate for community colleges saw a large decrease in fiscal year 2018 — dropping 3.6 percentage points to 11.5%. The big dip is, in part, due…
COVID-19
Reporter’s notebook
Commerce secretary: More investment in workforce training is needed Student aid rulemaking committee meets next week Commerce secretary: More investment in workforce training is needed To ensure the U.S. is more economically competitive will require…
Some silver linings in fall enrollments
Fall enrollments at community colleges appear to be fairly flat so far, with a few colleges seeing some upticks and a few seeing small drops. But enrollments at a few two-year colleges have bounced back…
Collaboration is key to thwart cyber threats
To thwart cyber threats, colleges need to partner with other institutions and work better internally among their departments, according to a panel of cyber experts in the higher education field. Cyber criminals are working in…
Design for equity, enrollments will follow
There are two questions that probably every community college president in America has likely been asked by the local media in the past few months. “What’s the impact of Covid-19 on enrollment?”“What could be the…
Funding roundup
With $300,000 in grant funding, Durham Technical Community College will be able to offer a new pharmaceutical manufacturing workforce training program. The North Carolina college received a $240,000 Economic Adjustment Assistance grant from the U.S….
Headlines
Democrats hammer out details of free community college planPoliticoDemocrats must now turn to the nitty-gritty policy details of actually creating a national free community college program — an undertaking that will remake how higher education…
A hand up for parenting students
Yavapai College (YC) wants to help aspiring students whose childcare costs have kept their college dreams out of reach. The college is part of a three-year pilot program through the Arizona Department of Economic Security aimed…
How it feels to join a nursing program at Campus Zero
Editor’s note: This article comes from the August/September issue of the Community College Journal, published by the American Association of Community Colleges. In the winter of 2020, I interviewed for the associate dean of nursing…
Donors want to see an immediate impact
When it comes to fundraising for community colleges, Ann Decker has some advice: listen to the potential donor and be transparent. It’s on that bedrock strategy that the Indian River State College (IRSC) Foundation in…