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Bill to let community colleges offer 4-year degrees quashed by Arizona Senate panel Arizona Daily Star On a 6-3 vote this week, the Arizona Senate Education Committee nixed legislation that would have allowed these colleges…
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Building an entrepreneurial ecosystem
I sometimes refer to spurring entrepreneurial growth as an experience. The table is set, your guests are seated, and entrepreneurship is on the menu. Whether it is your first time or you are highly experienced,…
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Clinton Community College looks to kickstart inmate education program WCAX Clinton Community College in New York wants back into the prison system. It’s looking to offer schooling to county prisons for the first time since…
IRAPs rule stays much the same
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will keep as is much of its proposal for an alternative program to registered apprenticeships, which has renewed concerns about the potential for unscrupulous activities, especially among for-profit organizations….
A behind-the-signs story
The new year brought new Metropolitan Community College (MCC) signs to highways and interstates around Kansas City. Ho-hum. Right? Actually, it was an undertaking so complicated, it required a new state law to make it…
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More than 20 colleges cancel in-person classes in response to coronavirus NPR More than 20 U.S. colleges have canceled in-person classes due to coronavirus, including a cluster of community colleges in Washington state. Community colleges…
DOL grants for prison re-entry
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is accepting applications for $65 million in grants to help soon-to-be-released inmates transition back into communities through an array of services, including education and job training. Community colleges may…
AACC cancels convention
As a precaution to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has canceled its 100th Annual Convention scheduled for this month. “Our primary concern has been, and will always…
Finding hope in college
Paula, a second-year student at Highline College in Des Moines, Washington, doesn’t have much time for rest or sleep in general, but she is determined to finish her education. She has three jobs and is…
Funding roundup
Louisiana’s Delgado Community College will expand its maritime training program using a $850,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA). The grant will be matched with more than $264,000 in local…