A few months ago, a woman at a community event asked about our certified nursing assistant (CNA) program. She was caring for her mother, working part-time and trying to break into healthcare without debt she couldn’t…
Court blocks Education Department’s data demands for over 170 more colleges Higher Ed Dive The ruling expands an earlier pause on the agency’s collection of extensive race and sex admissions data for public colleges in…
Senate appropriators from both parties on Tuesday pushed back on the Education Department’s (ED) proposal to nix funding for the popular federal TRIO programs and to change their priorities. During a Senate subcommittee appropriations hearing…
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), in partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF), on Tuesday announced the 12 finalist teams selected to advance to the final round of the Community College Innovation Challenge…
New UCLA program aims to help students struggling to transfer from community colleges EdSource Under a new pilot program, UCLA will give priority consideration to some students seeking to transfer from nearby community colleges. Community…
Higher education is caught in a contradiction. Americans are losing confidence in colleges and universities, yet many students say their education is valuable, career-relevant and worth the money. That tension isn’t a statistical curiosity. It’s…
Recently, I watched Amy Webb take the stage at SXSW and deliver what she described as an eulogy. Not for a person. For her annual trends report. Her message was simple and precise: we are…
As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) spreads throughout society, community colleges are moving from a classroom-by-classroom and office-by-office approach to integrating AI college-wide. This requires training staff, faculty and students on how to use…
Apprenticeships are on the rise in North Carolina. Will that growth continue? EdNC As governments, nonprofits, and philanthropy increasingly invest in scaling apprenticeships, here are some of the key barriers those efforts face. AACC president…
The robot is bigger than the one it’s replacing. Wires run panel to panel. Diagrams map every connection. One mistake, and the system stops. Issiaha Stickell is in the middle of it, working through the…