House Education and Labor Committee leaders this week discussed reauthorizing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Committee Chair Bobby Scott (D-Virginia) and Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-North Carolina) said in a statement that they…
Preparing students of color for the future workforceCenter for American Progress (blog)In a study, community members identify two major challenges to preparing students for the future workforce: significant gaps in partnerships between K-12, higher education…
Early in 2020, Columbia-Greene Community College (CGCC) in Hudson, New York, joined other academic institutions across the country in pivoting to virtual learning. Only a handful of our faculty had used this modality. Most thought…
New CEOs Kristin Clark is the new chancellor of the West Hills Community College District in California, as of July 1. She is currently president of the district’s Lemoore campus, a post she has held…
Kvaal passes Senate ed committeeMassachusetts community colleges: No vaccine mandatesMDC, IBM team to diversify tech fieldToyota to invest $1.7M to help diversify engineering workforce in Kentucky Kvaal passes Senate ed committee James Kvaal is a…
Sometimes adversity breeds innovation. That’s exactly what the Electronic Engineering Technology Program (EET) at Portland Community College (PCC) did in 2020 when classes were forced to go online as a result of the pandemic. As…
Upcoming events Don’t delay: Register for AACC DigitalAACC Digital starts soon. We’ll officially kick-off on May 6, but you can sneak in some early professional development with workshops on May 5. There are dozens of…
Health educators warn that Mississippi has a shortage of nursing educators in community collegesMississippi Public BroadcastingMississippi has a shortage of nurses, but hospital leaders say there is also a shortage of nursing educators at community…
House appropriators on Tuesday heard about the vast challenges community colleges and their students have faced during the pandemic, and lawmakers expressed they are keenly aware that two-year colleges will serve as a lynchpin to…
More than a year into the pandemic, unemployment rates remain high, particularly among women, communities of color and people with disabilities. “This is not a problem that’s going to fix itself,” Sen. Patty Murray said…