Labor secretary nominee touts apprenticeships
The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) on Thursday held a nomination hearing for Julie Su, who is President Joe Biden’s pick to serve as the next secretary of the U.S….
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Commentary: Celebrating our nation’s community colleges Homeroom, the blog of the U.S. Education Department Amy Loyd, the U.S. Education Department’s assistant secretary for career, technical and adult education, discusses community colleges’ successes and the department’s…
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Commentary: At St. Petersburg College, here’s how we’re getting graduates into jobs Tampa Bay Times We must continue to move quickly to adapt to industry changes so our students keep pace with the ever-changing demands…
‘Meeting students where they are’
Facing enrollment declines that date to the Great Recession and accelerated during the worst of the pandemic, community colleges are redoubling their focus on student-readiness to seem — and become — as welcoming as possible…
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Upcoming events Boost leadership skills with Roueche-FLI and FPIThe next AACC John E. Roueche Future Leaders Institute (Roueche-FLI) and Future Presidents Institute (FPI) will take place June 1-3 in Washington, D.C. Roueche-FLI is designed for…
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States look to community colleges to fill labor gap Louisiana Illuminator In total, legislatures in at least 10 states have expanded workforce training programs at community colleges since the start of the pandemic or begun…
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Dual-enrollment bill reintroduced in Senate Raising funds to expand Unmudl NEH grants to expand humanities Dual-enrollment bill reintroduced in Senate A bipartisan team of senators last week reintroduced legislation to expand the use of federal…
An economic argument for ED’s proposed budget
During a House appropriations hearing on Tuesday, the Biden administration’s request to increase funding for U.S. Education Department (ED) programs by 13% clashed with House Republicans’ call to cut federal spending by about 22%. During…
A closer look at community colleges
A recent article on the nation’s community colleges outlined some of the challenges facing the nation’s largest sector of higher education, calling them out as defensive underdogs and laying bare their less-than-perfect underbellies. Showcasing students…
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Commentary: Creative ways to address the skills gap Evolllution Using augmented reality technology can positively impact a learner’s self-efficacy – that being the student’s learning capacity, writes the director of workforce and continuing education at…