What community colleges may expect from the Biden administrationHelping students find critical resourcesSweet success on Netflix’s Sugar Rush What community colleges may expect from the Biden administration An upcoming virtual conversation about equity, diversity, inclusion…
‘Not just numbers’: Community college students share their struggles to stay enrolledLAistCollege administrators say it’s important to amplify students’ stories to underline to local and state policymakers how the pandemic is making learning gaps worse…
Look out, for-profit colleges, here comes the Biden administrationBloombergThe new team will likely reinstate restrictions that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos dismantled. More California community college students are taking transfer-level courses, but critics say colleges must…
The Alamo Colleges District has announced a $1 million gift from Malú and Carlos Alvarez to fund scholarships for AlamoPROMISE students to help them reach their educational goals. “Mr. and Mrs. Alvarez recognize the challenges…
Workforce development is at the forefront of everyone’s mind as we continue to navigate the pressures of the pandemic and its impact on the nation’s workforce. From closed businesses and lost jobs to health and…
While Covid sidelined most MentorLinks activities planned for 2020, two faculty-led teams actually leveraged pandemic-related public health precautions to make progress toward their long-term goals to raise awareness of their colleges’ technician education programs. The…
How to raise rural enrollment in higher education? Go local. Hechinger ReportFederal data show that less than 30% of rural residents age 25 and up have an associate degree or higher. A Tennessee model is…
Kaylin Francoeur, who graduated this year from Amesbury High School in Massachusetts, was all set to attend a four-year private college this fall. But with the uncertainty the pandemic presented for first-year college students, she…
DeLauro to chair House Appropriations CommitteeBig week on Capitol Hill for funding issues DeLauro to chair House Appropriations Committee Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Connecticut) will serve as chair of the powerful House Appropriations Committee for the…
Judge orders government to fully reinstate DACA programNew York TimesUp to 300,000 additional undocumented immigrants could be allowed to apply for protection from deportation under a new court ruling. President Trump had sought to cancel…