I have a confession. The “Pandemic” chapter in our Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) was inadequate. For more than three years, I served as vice president of administrative services at Joliet Junior College (JJC) in Illinois,…
Pennsylvania college puts unused computers to work fighting COVID-19LevittownNow.comChris Ebinger, a senior network technician at Bucks County Community College, was already using his home computers for simulated experiments as part of IBM’s World Community Grid….
Legislators have largely left Washington, D.C., for the national political conventions and the traditional August recess, but the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and other advocacy groups remain ever-focused on a possible new stimulus…
CEO retirement Sanford “Sandy” Shugart, president of Valencia College in Florida since 2000, announced this week that he will retire from the college in June 2021. Under Shugart’s leadership, the Orlando college was the first…
Persistence rates barely budgeIowa college re-opens after stormsRecord number of students for San Diego PromiseJill Biden’s nod to community college students Persistence rates barely budge For students who started college in fall 2018 at public…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Wednesday announced new grants that colleges and universities with the greatest unmet need related to COVID-19 can use for an array of purposes, including improved disease prevention and distance…
Despite the pandemic, a national initiative led by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) to increase the number of apprentices and services throughout the U.S. has made significant advances in its first year. Expanding…
Minnesota Department of Health releases new safety guidelines for collegesKAALThe Minnesota Department of Health has released new guidelines or recommendations to colleges and other institutes of higher education ahead of the start of the fall…
New Jersey public two-year colleges and county vocational-technical schools have agreed to work closer together to expand high-quality educational opportunities that will better prepare students for success in high-demand careers. The New Jersey Council of…
Policy & advocacy AACC/ACCT updated statement on equity, diversity and excellenceThe American Association of Community Colleges and the Association of Community College Trustees have a longstanding commitment to diversity, inclusion and equity. They recently amended their…