Community colleges offer about half (51%) of all healthcare training programs at U.S. higher education institutions — far exceeding any other postsecondary sector — and confer more than one-third (36%) of the credentials, according to…
With the national student debt level surpassing $1.75 trillion, the post-Covid return of loan repayments and the recent Supreme Court ruling on debt forgiveness, student debt has been a hot topic in the news in…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) is accepting applications for a new round of funding through its Postsecondary Student Success Grant (PSSG) program, which aims to improve retention and college completion through evidence-based practices. Higher education…
Community College tech support professionals deal with solving mysteries on a daily basis. Some calls and emails can be an open-and-shut case (Have you turned it off and on?), but others need some detective work…
New downtown KCKCC campus hopes to close economic divide in Wyandotte County Fox4KC Fifty years ago, Kansas City Kansas Community College left downtown for a new campus out west. Now it’s coming back, creating new…
House bill would OK efforts to reach adult learners Developing a talent pool for semiconductor industry Expanding teacher apprenticeships House bill would OK efforts to reach adult learners House lawmakers have introduced bipartisan legislation to…
Ford, BlueOval SK battery plant in Kentucky to start hiring workers at $21+ starting wages Louisville Courier Journal An electric vehicle battery park in Kentucky is expected to create 5,000 new jobs in the state….
For minority populations striving to reach new heights of academia, it is often the smaller slights that equate to feelings of marginalization. As just one example, Monique Umphrey recalls a superior handing an initiative she…
New CEOs Virginia M. Fraire will serve as the second president of Lone Star College-University Park (Texas). Fraire has nearly 30 years of experience in higher education at two- and four-year open-access institutions and most…
Hampton Roads delegation attends workforce readiness mission to Germany City of Portsmouth, Virginia The delegation, which included Hampton Roads mayors, business leaders and community college and university leaders, explored Germany’s dual-track vocational education and training…