The U.S. Education Department (ED) will disburse stimulus funding to higher education institutions in two waves, with the first round of $6.3 billion designated specifically to help students in need going out immediately. ED on…
In 1920, 34 junior college leaders gathered in St. Louis, Missouri, for a meeting called by U.S. Commissioner of Education Philander Claxton to discuss the role of two-year colleges. They represented 22 of the nation’s…
Evergreen Valley College (EVC) will use a $400,000 grant from the California State Chancellor’s Community College Mental Health Services Program to address the mental health needs of students. The California legislature approved $10 million of…
Gearing up for the next stimulus bill Higher education organizations — including the American Association of Community Colleges — are busy advocating for additional funding through another federal stimulus bill expected from Congress. In a…
The number of first-time associate-degree earners (students with no prior college credential) has decreased from 2012-13 to 2018-19, due mainly to a drop among older students earning a two-year degree, according to figures from the…
New CEOs Brian Bicknell is now president of Manchester Community College (MCC) in New Hampshire. He had served as interim president since January 1. Previously, Bicknell was vice president of academic affairs at MCC for…
The coronavirus pandemic has many high school seniors wondering what their postsecondary future may hold, from uncertainly about affording their top-pick institutions, to whether those colleges will even endure financially. Edison State Community College…
Commentary: Anne Arundel Community College carrying forward to meet community needsCapital Gazette These are unprecedented times, which require unprecedented responses from the many organizations supporting our community and one another, writes Dawn Lindsay, president of…
Community college career and technical education (CTE) programs are increasingly committed to achieving equity goals and are finding creative ways to do so, according to a new MDRC report. MDRC’s Center for Effective CTE evaluated…
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is making available $42.5 million in Youth Apprenticeship Readiness grants to support youth apprentices in registered apprenticeship programs (RAPs). “These apprenticeship grants offer communities the opportunity to make targeted…