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1 dead in crash involving Iowa Lakes Community College baseball team ESPN A bus carrying the Iowa college’s baseball team crashed and overturned in a ditch in rural Iowa on Wednesday, authorities said, killing one…
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Paying for college made simple
After earning a bachelor’s and master’s degree and spending a decade working in marketing, Liz Madsen knew it was time for a change. Marketing was not her passion. She decided to return to school to…
Resilience is designed. Are you designing it?
I returned from the American Association of Community Colleges’ (AACC) annual Workforce Development Institute (WDI) feeling excited about the leaders of today’s community colleges. Dr. DeRionne Pollard, the new president and CEO of AACC, and…
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Commentary: Why Workforce Pell implementation matters beyond July 2026 New America (blog) Workforce Pell will require years of refinement, learning and system adjustment to meet its potential. Strength through co-location Work Shift Clinton Community College’s…
Setting up high schoolers for shipbuilding careers
Hanwha Group’s $5 billion investment in the Hanwha Philly Shipyard Inc. (HPSI) means increased annual production volume and more job opportunities for skilled workers in the Philadelphia region. Now, through a unique partnership between Delaware…
Snapshots: National Legislative Summit
Photos from community college leaders’ visits with members of Congress during this week’s Community College National Legislative Summit in Washington, D.C. The annual event is run by the Association of Community College Trustees with the…
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Commentary: Community colleges need to master the art of storytelling Work Shift Translating our students’ talent and ambition into the languages of corporate innovation and our nation’s fundamental workforce needs has the potential to truly…
ED readies for Workforce Pell rollout
The new Workforce Pell program is set to start in less than five months. But Nicholas Kent, under secretary at the U.S. Education Department (ED), isn’t worried about it. He’s confident the department will have…
Looking back, thinking ahead
A panel of higher education policy experts on Monday laid out the landscape for community college leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., as they prepared to visit with lawmakers to make their cases for two-year college…
Entry-level jobs in the age of AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models are reshaping how work is organized across the economy, including the nature of entry-level employment. While concerns about job loss often dominate public discussion, the more consequential shift…