Recently submitted photos from college members of the American Association of Community Colleges. Walter Bumphus, president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges, remotely interviews Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who attended Butte…
Community college presidents: Job training enhanced if education construction process streamlinedYellowhammerTwo Alabama community college presidents say critical workforce development programs will be enhanced if a proposal before the state Senate to streamline the education construction…
Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) has received a $573,347 National Science Foundation grant to support the college’s efforts to develop an advanced technical workforce for the cell and gene therapy industry in the greater Philadelphia…
House Education and Labor Committee leaders this week discussed reauthorizing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Committee Chair Bobby Scott (D-Virginia) and Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-North Carolina) said in a statement that they…
Preparing students of color for the future workforceCenter for American Progress (blog)In a study, community members identify two major challenges to preparing students for the future workforce: significant gaps in partnerships between K-12, higher education…
Early in 2020, Columbia-Greene Community College (CGCC) in Hudson, New York, joined other academic institutions across the country in pivoting to virtual learning. Only a handful of our faculty had used this modality. Most thought…
New CEOs Kristin Clark is the new chancellor of the West Hills Community College District in California, as of July 1. She is currently president of the district’s Lemoore campus, a post she has held…
Kvaal passes Senate ed committeeMassachusetts community colleges: No vaccine mandatesMDC, IBM team to diversify tech fieldToyota to invest $1.7M to help diversify engineering workforce in Kentucky Kvaal passes Senate ed committee James Kvaal is a…
Sometimes adversity breeds innovation. That’s exactly what the Electronic Engineering Technology Program (EET) at Portland Community College (PCC) did in 2020 when classes were forced to go online as a result of the pandemic. As…
Upcoming events Don’t delay: Register for AACC DigitalAACC Digital starts soon. We’ll officially kick-off on May 6, but you can sneak in some early professional development with workshops on May 5. There are dozens of…