Twenty-two Senate Democrats and Independents want to include at least $15.1 billion for workforce development and career and technical education in the next coronavirus relief bill. It follows similar requests made to House leaders earlier…
Washington college president tackles new challenges during pandemicMyEdmondsNews.comAs the region grapples with the aftermath, Edmonds College President Amit Singh is putting his expertise in economics to work as a member of Snohomish County’s new Economic…
Growing HSIs Forty-three percent of the nation’s Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) are public two-year colleges, according to new analysis from Excelencia in Education. Of the 538 HSIs in the U.S. in 2018-19, 231 were public two-year…
Community colleges could see a surge in popularity amid COVID-19CNBC“Under the circumstances, families may turn to us as the gateway of opportunity, and we’ve been ready,” says Michael Baston, president of Rockland Community College in…
With a video camera strapped to his head, Paul Brock stood alone in a lab in the Viticulture and Wine Center at Finger Lakes Community College (FLCC) on a recent weekday afternoon. He instructed his…
Ben Levitt is a senior reporter for the College VOICE, the student newspaper of Mercer County Community College (MCCC). He’s been covering COVID-related actions taken by the New Jersey college prior to the statewide closure…
Two-year college athletes are more likely to experience food insecurity and homelessness than athletes at four-year colleges and universities, according to a new survey. The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice at Temple University…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Tuesday released the institutional share of the formula grants that the CARES Act provides to colleges, along with guidance about how those funds can be used. ED also released…
Policy & advocacy In case you missed it…The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) last week hosted a webinar featuring information on the initial phase of CARES Act implementation and further expected activity, both by…
An open letter to the President of the United States, members of Congress, the U.S. Secretary of Education, all 50 state governors, state legislators, state education secretaries and commissioners, et al. Dear Elected Officials and…