Meeting students’ mental health needs
On the first day of spring classes, Joan Barrett was walking around the Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) campus as usual, greeting students and making sure they knew where to go. It’s what Barrett, vice…
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The upward mobility problemHarvard MagazineMost Americans earn less than their parents did. Can community colleges bridge the gap? ‘We’re teachers too’: Community college faculty feel shortchanged by legislative raisesThe DispatchMississippi’s 15 community colleges have long…
Four leadership strategies
When I began my career in 1978 as an adjunct faculty member and counselor at Cedar Valley College in southern Dallas County, Texas, higher education was profoundly different than it is today, but it was…
Washington Watch: DOL to hold regional listening sessions on FLSA regulations
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will host a series of public listening sessions for employers throughout May and early June to seek feedback on potential changes to the salary level threshold for “white-collar” exemptions…
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President on the move Dennis Rittle was named president of Northwest Arkansas Community College, effective July 11. He has served as president of Cowley College in Kansas since 2015. Rittle, an alumnus of the Community…
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States look to community colleges to fill labor gapStateline (published by Pew Charitable Trusts)Legislatures in at least 10 states have expanded workforce training programs at community colleges since the start of the pandemic or begun…
Growth of credentials presents implications, opportunities
There are nearly 1 million unique credentials in the marketplace, with nearly half originating from non-academic providers, according to data from Credential Engine. The wide availability of credentials should be good news for credential-seekers. But…
DataPoints: Positive views of blue-collar jobs
Nearly three-fourths (74%) of blue-collar workers in the U.S. say there is a good career path in their line of work, and a similar proportion (73%) believe more young adults should pursue careers in their…
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Mitchell Tech president: ‘Industry wants our graduates’Mitchell RepublicThere are a lot of new improvements at Mitchell Technical College, including scheduled construction of a new diesel power tech lab and technical lab space on the main…
Teaching financial literacy to high school students
The average debt for Generation Z in the United States – those ages 18 to 23 – is just over $16,000, according to a recent cnbc.com report For their immediate elders, the Millennials, it is…