The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced that it is offering new funding for novel undergraduate resource experiences at two-year colleges. The “Dear Colleague Letter” from NSF’s Directorate for Education and Human Resources invites current…
Ohio’s Washington State Community College (WSCC) received $361,851 for the development of a new advanced manufacturing training unit. The grant comes from the state’s latest round of Regionally Aligned Priorities in Delivering Skills (RAPIDS) program…
For Anne Kress, president of Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), allowing students to take courses in the current term on a pass/non-pass basis instead of traditional grades was almost essential. “We need to be real…
Extended funding for HPOG The stimulus legislation signed by the president on Friday includes an extension of the Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) program until November 30. The program was set to expire in May….
Massachusetts community colleges struggle to go remote during coronavirus Boston Herald Strapped for financial resources and without billion-dollar endowments to tap, community colleges across Massachusetts have been scrambling to adjust thousands of courses to the…
Faced with closed campuses due to the coronavirus pandemic, community colleges are undertaking massive efforts to move classes online, train faculty and make sure everyone has access to computers and the internet. At Montgomery College…
Hawkeye Community College faces ‘significant’ losses from COVID-19 shutdown The Courier The Iowa college will face tough financial times because of canceled events and programs, especially its training programs, its president says. Spring commencement postponed,…
The coronavirus pandemic has left community colleges scrambling to change the way they deliver instruction. It also has left a lot of students, staff and faculty struggling mentally and emotionally. Community colleges are taking extra…
In addition to donating medical masks, gloves and other protective equipment from their healthcare education programs, a growing number of community colleges are now manufacturing some of that equipment to help with an expected shortage among…
The Senate late Wednesday passed a massive compromise stimulus bill, which includes nearly $14 billion for higher education. After its 96-to-zero vote, the Senate now sends the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act…