A partnership between St. Petersburg College (SPC) and HCA Florida Healthcare is helping train the area’s future caregivers and combat the state’s nursing shortage, with the help of a $160,000 investment. HCA Florida Healthcare provided…
NEW ORLEANS — For Pam Eddinger, chairing a 29-member federal advisory panel on apprenticeships wasn’t exactly fun, but it was worth it. And she encourages other two-year college leaders to spearhead efforts locally and regionally…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) announced this week that it will update the income protection allowance for the purposes of calculating federal financial aid for the 2024-25 award cycle. As ED worked to meet the…
House bill in Washington state proposes 1-year free tuition for community/technical college KIMA One proposal presented this legislative session in Washington state is one-year tuition-free for community or technical college students, regardless of income. House…
UW-Milwaukee agreement with 4 regional technical colleges FOX6 News Milwaukee The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) has reached new agreements with four regional technical colleges that will guarantee admission for their graduates and make transferring credits…
The U.S. Education Department on Wednesday announced 19 new grant awards totaling $25 million through the first-ever Perkins-funded Career Connected High Schools (CCHS) grant program. Community colleges are the grantees in four of the awards….
NEW ORLEANS — The billions of dollars that the federal government is investing in a multitude of economic development efforts are starting to flow, but the job isn’t done. In fact, it won’t succeed if…
Community colleges gained 118,000 students in the fall of 2023 – a 2.6% increase – the highest growth of any sector in higher education. That’s according to the final report on fall 2023 undergraduate enrollment…
Survey: Growing competition in the training field Colorado initiative to help businesses, workers get back on track Slow progress on comprehensive learner records House bill pitches rural workforce development grants Massachusetts college opens Scholarship Resource…
Central Wyoming College (CWC) professor Jacki Klancher is so enthusiastic about the Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC) that in anticipation of this past Monday’s launch of the 2024 national competition, she sent all her faculty…