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Snapshots

Photos from the Community College Undergraduate Research Experience Summit this week in Washington, D.C.  Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community College Daily and serves as associate vice president of communications for the American Association of Community…


Funding roundup

College of Southern Maryland (CSM) received $350,000 from the Rural Maryland Prosperity Investment Fund to complete interior renovations and build out its Velocity Center. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan joined Rural Maryland Council Board First Vice…


AACC history quiz

Answer: The 25th AACC Annual Convention scheduled for February, 21-23, 1945, in St. Louis was cancelled due to World War II. AACC also had previously cancelled the 1943 convention in St. Louis for the same…


e-Headlines

Apple expands in Austin Apple press release Austin Community College (Texas) was one of the first community colleges in the country to offer App Development with Swift to train its students to design and develop…


Wrestling over IRAPs

About $1.1 million of federal funding appropriated for registered apprenticeships was used for a proposed apprenticeship model led by industry, even though congressional lawmakers specifically prohibited the department from doing so. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits…


e-Headlines

St. Louis Community College aims to fill health care worker shortage St. Louis Public Radio Last year, there were nearly 200 job openings in St. Louis for respiratory care therapists — and 2,000 open nursing…


DataPoints

Confidence in financial stability: Community college business officers are confident about the financial stability of their institutions over the next five years. (Read the PDF.) Kent Phillippe / Rahel TekleKent Phillippe is associate vice president…




AACC news & notes

Upcoming events AACC convention registration is open Don’t miss out on the biggest community college event of the year. Register today for the 100th Annual AACC Convention March 28­-30 at National Harbor, Maryland. Interested in…