Preparing for the New Normal: How to plan for the fall semester post pandemicCommunity College Marketing MasterClass podcastMartha Parham of the American Association of Community Colleges discusses how community colleges have supported student needs during…
Financial aid officers have been asking for years for a simplified federal financial aid form, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). After much work by financial aid advocates and, in particular, by outgoing…
Sixteen partnerships from 13 states representing 17 community colleges and 19 universities will participate in the Equity Transfer Initiative (ETI), which aims to increase transfer rates for African-American, Hispanic, adult and first-generation learners. The American…
Middlesex Community College program aims to return people to work quicklyMiddleton PressThe Connecticut college recently partnered with Middletown WORKS, a Working Cities Challenge Initiative led by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, on a career…
Hours after becoming the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden on Wednesday signed a series of executive actions, including one that calls to “preserve and fortify” protections for Dreamers. Biden signed a presidential…
The Dale Pinkerton Leadership Scholarship was created at Pennsylvania’s Butler County Community College (BC3) after Dale Pinkerton’s death last January. It’s now reached $60,600 thanks to nearly 105 individuals, organizations and businesses that have donated…
State systems can play an important role by providing guidance and resources to community colleges that want to expand the measures they use to assess whether students need developmental education, according to a new brief…
ASU staff get vaccines as community college professors told to waitPhoenix News-TimesAt the advice of the Arizona Department of Health Services, Arizona State University has been telling faculty, coaches, dorm workers and other employees to…
Policy & advocacy View webinar on pandemic relief legislationWhat does the recent pandemic relief legislation mean for your college? The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) hosted a webinar on the topic on January 12….
The U.S. Department of Labor will award a total of $40 million to 10 institutions, including nine community colleges, to build their capacity to meet demands for a skilled workforce. “As the nation recovers from…