Bronx Community College (BCC) celebrated the opening of its newly improved cardiovascular room in the Alumni Gym Fitness Center, made possible with a $100,000 investment through funding secured by New York State Assemblymember Yudelka Tapia…
(Editor’s note: This article was updated to provide context for why enrollment has dropped in Kansas.) Many community colleges are again reporting enrollment increases this fall, continuing a trend that started at the end of…
Amazon’s answer to data center backlash: $1B for community college and home energy upgrades Fortune (subscription required) Tech giants are trying to win over communities that oppose data centers as they pour billions into the…
As interest in short-term workforce training continues to grow, a new national research effort aims to better understand the students enrolling in noncredit programs and how colleges can better support them. The project, led by…
Kudos Georgia Lorenz, president of Seminole State College of Florida, and Kathleen Plinske, president of Valencia College, have been named to Orlando Magazine’s 50 Most Powerful People of 2026, which recognizes influential leaders in central…
The Education Department gave us the List of 2026 CCAMPIS grantees New America (blog) The information raises questions about a critically important program for student parents in college. Ambassador to business The Job “Workforce Pell…
The U.S. Education Department on Wednesday released cohort rates for student loan defaults that reflect failure to repay the loans since ED resumed student loan repayments following a pause during the Covid pandemic. For community…
The blur: When credit & workforce stop being separate: A conversation with Dr. Marcia Conston, president, Tidewater Community College EdUp Experience (podcast) How Virginia’s Tidewater Community College is strengthening employer partnerships, expanding apprenticeships and connecting…
On October 1, 2025, I became President and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). A year has passed — full, humbling, clarifying — and I find myself wanting to mark it not…
The median time it takes community college students to earn an associate degree is 2.9 years. For those earning a certificate at a community college, it’s 2.3 years. Those are among the findings in a…