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…
Commentary: Why community college students quit despite being almost finishedSt. Louis Post-DispatchSome colleges are trying to identify former students and persuade them to come back using a variety of methods that include data analytics and…
A student’s inability to get to campus can be enough to derail college plans. A growing number of colleges are finding solutions to overcome that barrier. Right around the time Chattanooga State Community College…
A new report shows that six-year completion rates at community colleges and other sectors of higher education continued to rise with students starting college in fall 2015. Although the data reflects students who largely completed…
Community colleges seek to expand nursing degree opportunitiesColorado PoliticsThree years after gaining authority from the state to offer a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) degree, the community college system is seeking to expand that…
Various federal agencies are dipping into the workforce development area as the Biden administration looks to build more equitable education and job training pathways toward good-paying jobs. Federal officials from various agencies highlighted their recent…
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the current issue of the Community College Journal, published by the American Association of Community Colleges. Addressing equity gaps in career and technical education (CTE) and workforce development…
When students lose credits during transfer from a community college to a four-year institution, they also lose time and money. The Articulation of Credit Transfer (ACT) project through the City University of New York (CUNY)…
Defining rural-serving institutionsMaking an economic differenceNew York college’s cyber program gets NSA designation Defining rural-serving institutions A tool developed by the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges (ARRC) uses a new metric to better identify…
HCC to offer free child care for studentsDaily Hampshire GazetteBeginning in March, Holyoke Community College will become the first community college in western Massachusetts to offer a drop-in child care program for student parents. Virginia…