From community college to community leaders
A journalist, a judge and a police chief. Those are the job titles of the 2021 AACC Outstanding Alumni Award recipients. But dig deeper and you’ll find that career success is only one thing that…
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Opportunities through public-private partnerships
Union and business leaders detailed at a House hearing Thursday their struggles to find skilled workers for trade careers, noting that partnering with K-12 schools could help to at least make students and families aware…
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To boost enrollment after a pandemic hit, Colorado community colleges turn to adult studentsColorado Public RadioCommunity colleges are doing a lot to tempt students back to college. They’re not raising tuition, they’re expanding scholarships, they’re…
Honoring the 2021 AACC Leadership Award recipients
The American Association of Community Colleges on Thursday presented its Leadership Award during the AACC Digital conference to seven individuals. An annual tradition since 1982, the award is presented to individuals whose accomplishments and professional…
Reaching $20M in 18 months
Running a $20 million fundraising campaign wasn’t in Leigh Goodson’s plans when she became president of Tulsa Community College (TCC) in 2014. But over the last six years, Oklahoma has cut its higher education budget…
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New CEOs Mordecai Brownlee will be the next president of Colorado’s Community College of Aurora (CCA), as of July 15. He is currently vice president for student success at St. Philip’s College, the only college…
Dashboard provides info on diversity, equity and inclusion
About 45.7% of students in the registered nursing program at Bossier Parrish Community College in Louisiana are White and 38.8% are African-American, according to a diversity dashboard the state two-year college system recently developed. Register…
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Free community college tuition would add to labor pool, says SUNY Orange presidentMid Hudson NewsPresident Joe Biden’s proposed American Families Plan would do much for the country’s economy by providing additional workers with specific skills….
Cardona: Don’t forget adult learners
The U.S. education secretary would like to see more innovative collaborations between K-12 and community colleges to serve students, including adult learners. For example, high schools with labs and other hands-on learning spaces could allow…
Washington Watch: AACC perspectives on using HEERF funding
In response to numerous inquiries from member colleges, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has produced a document to outline some of the options available to colleges in using the major formula grants of…