Seeking to grow a diverse talent pool for microelectronics jobsNorth Carolina center launches rural college leaders program A dog-friendly workplace Seeking to grow a diverse talent pool for microelectronics jobs A new partnership aims to…
Florida community colleges zero in on dropout preventionPublic News ServiceUniversity of Florida researchers surveyed 27,000 former community-college students in the state and found tuition and fees, living expenses, and no longer being eligible for financial…
In remote areas of south Florida, experts believe there are 300,000 Burmese pythons, massive invasive visitors that are as long as a small car and have wiped out all but a few of the other…
Dr. Jill Biden on Monday morning gave a pep talk to the nation’s community college trustees and presidents who are in Washington, D.C., this week to chat with lawmakers about the needs of their students…
New York’s Onondaga Community College (OCC) received a $1 million dollar gift from Eric Allyn in honor of his wife, Meg O’Connell, who is OCC’s former interim president and chair of the board of trustees….
A community college ‘Promise’ for Texas high schoolersPublic News ServiceThe AlamoPROMISE program, a free tuition program at five San Antonio community colleges, is making a difference for hundreds of students. Minnesota governor’s budget proposal would…
In 2020, Arizona Western College was the first community college in the country to receive Transatlantic Business and Investment Council certification. That means that the college’s advanced manufacturing programming meets European Union standards. Arizona Western…
Obituary Paul R. Brown, who served as the fifth president of Zane State College in Ohio from 2004 to 2015, died on February 1 when a single-engine plane he was piloting crashed. He was 74….
The U.S. desperately needs skilled workers. But the community colleges that train them are woefully underfundedCNN BusinessAs America seeks to train workers for the hundreds of thousands of new infrastructure jobs that are being created,…
In a stunning substantive and political victory for community colleges, the U.S. House on Friday approved an amendment to competitiveness legislation that would establish new Pell Grant eligibility for short-term training programs and create a…