Pressures faced by faculty
It’s been a tough few years for college instructors, but, in general, faculty still largely enjoy their jobs and remain committed to helping students, according to a white paper by edtech provider Cengage. However, those…
It’s been a tough few years for college instructors, but, in general, faculty still largely enjoy their jobs and remain committed to helping students, according to a white paper by edtech provider Cengage. However, those…
As fall enrollment figures begin to gel, a small but growing number of community colleges are reporting a slight uptick in enrollments compared to last year, but still far below the numbers they had before…
Individuals who left their jobs voluntarily since the start of the Covid pandemic were more likely to enroll in postsecondary education than those who lost their jobs, according to a new report from the Strada…
The Covid pandemic significantly dampened transfers among all higher education institutions, but especially among public two-year college students, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Research Center. Upward transfer rates dropped…
Helping foreign-born nurses return to their professionTexas college overhauls nursing programPopular union train-the-trainer program returnsProviding incarcerated youth with job training opportunitiesHigh school joins Minnesota college’s campus Helping foreign-born nurses return to their profession A partnership…
Anecdotal reports from some community colleges across the country show hopeful signs that perhaps draconian drops in enrollment during the Covid pandemic may be coming to an end. Community colleges have amped up efforts to…
Sometimes it’s worth emphasizing the obvious: A larger percentage of community college students pay for their own education than students attending four-year colleges. But results from a new Cengage survey of 1,200 undergraduate students ages…
After a two-year hiatus due to the Covid pandemic, the American Association of Community Colleges’ (AACC) Advocates in Action meeting is back, set for September 22-23 in Washington, D.C. Register today! Community college presidents, trustees,…
The fiscal year (FY) 2023 Labor, HHS, and Education appropriations bill approved by the House Appropriations Committee on June 30 includes millions in new federal dollars for 89 community colleges, setting up many institutions to…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) announced on Wednesday that it has awarded the final $198 million in Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) grants to 244 colleges and universities, most of which are community colleges,…