Funding challenges and dated perceptions of skilled trade and technical careers continue to hamper efforts to develop and expand career and technical education (CTE) programs at the secondary and postsecondary levels, according to a new…
When Sauk Valley Community College was founded in 1965, the Sauk Valley College Foundation was simultaneously established alongside it as an independent 501(c)(3). The college’s founders had the foresight to know that philanthropy would be…
New CEO Marilyn Flores will become superintendent/president of Río Hondo College in California on July 1. She is currently vice president of academic affairs at Santiago Canyon College and previously served as interim president for…
Legislative fix will give low-income students more scholarship money for community collegeOregon Capital ChronicleA scholarship to help Oregon high school seniors pay for community college that had unintentionally been sending the largest grants to students…
Maine Community College System offering debt forgiveness programWGMEFormer MCCS students can take part in the “Return, Resume, Reward” program if they owe no more than $2,000 and it’s been at least two years since they…
To figure out how to develop a robust workforce pipeline, especially as businesses struggle post-Covid to find skilled workers, it makes sense to look at what’s preventing people from enrolling in programs that provide the…
Commentary: How to submit FY23 earmarks requests for projectsCTE Policy Watch (blog of the Association for Career and Technical Education)Tips to request Congress for earmarks for fiscal year 2023. Success strategies for getting acquainted with…
A $10,000 grant will power Bergen Community College’s environmental justice and sustainability program. The Infiniti Equity Fund, a renewable energy advocacy and development organization, selected Bergen for its inaugural grant available to New Jersey nonprofits….
William Weppner has taught math at Southwest Tennessee Community College since 1988. But the associate professor of math does much more than that in his classroom and at the college. “What I teach my students…
“Credentials” is a long-established buzzword in workforce development, but it can mean a whole lot of different things in an ever-changing environment. Researchers Paul L. Gaston and Michelle Van Noy tackle the world of credentials…