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Growing and evolving apprenticeships

The unique, wide-ranging apprenticeship program at Harper College in Illinois is thriving thanks to its broad reach and rigorous expectations across the board, officials say, and it’s paying off in several ways for the college…


Booming dual enrollment

The number of high school students enrolling in dual-enrollment programs at community colleges was steadily increasing prior to Covid and mushroomed during the pandemic — and continues to hold strong and grow even further in…


Co-winners of the 2023 Aspen Prize

And then there were…two. Two community colleges on Thursday were named the co-winners of the 2023 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence: Amarillo College (AC) in Texas and Imperial Valley College (IVC) in southern California….


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….


Headlines

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…


Headlines

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…


AACC news & notes

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…


Headlines

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…


Reporter’s notebook

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…