As the start of the 2020-21 academic year approached, community colleges were faced with a myriad of shifting factors when deciding whether to conduct all their classes online due to health concerns regarding the global…
The virtual editions of the Quantway and Statway math courses are boosting students’ successful course completion rates by three to four times the rate of more traditional course sequences, a study by WestEd finds. The…
While most community colleges have seen a dip in fall enrollments, a sliver of them have actually seen their numbers increase – and it wasn’t by happenstance. To date, public two-year colleges nationally have seen…
Seven community colleges have received Workforce Opportunities for Rural Communities (WORC) program grants from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). WORC is a partnership between DOL, the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Delta Regional Authority….
Dual enrollment and similar programs that allow high school students to earn college credits continue to be a hot topic among community college and K-12 district leaders. A convening of community college presidents and school…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) has issued a third set of guidance (again in the form of Q&As) on implementing the CARES Act’s Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund. Although the new information is not quite…
Community College of Denver launches nation’s first vet tech apprenticeship program9NewsStudents will work in local veterinary clinics more than 2,000 hours in addition to taking classes. Halter Marine partners with community college to launch apprenticeship…
Schools now recognize that scenario planning is essential to their overall planning. Those institutions and companies that could react quickly at the beginning of the pandemic have come out ahead. Those that were prepared for…
Given the number of issues involved, transitions from one executive role to another are tricky at any time, but this spring, I made a job change that was truly unique to our current historical context:…
5M college students are caretakersOnward with National Manufacturing Day2021-22 FAFSA forms availableA president’s perspective on the future of higher ed 5M college students are caretakers About 5 million postsecondary students are providing care to a…