The $78B reason why community colleges need America’s attentionCenter for American Progress (blog)Despite playing a vital role in educating the nation’s workforce, community colleges are inadequately funded. In 2016, they received two-fifths of what four-year…
Four-year institutions of higher education facing enrollment declines are stepping up their outreach to recruit more transfer students from community colleges. That’s the case even for competitive colleges and universities. “The pandemic is exacerbating the…
Northern Essex Community College (NECC) was the first public two-year college in Massachusetts this summer to adopt Handshake, a career network that comprises 500,000 employers, including all of the Fortune 500 companies. The college recently…
Community colleges experienced an 8.3% decline in international students in 2019-20, according to the 2020 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Overall, the number of international students declined 1.8% at all types of higher…
Community colleges boost internet capability through networkAssociated PressMississippi’s 15 community colleges are upgrading to a fiber-based broadband network that officials say will allow faster internet speeds and more collaboration with other institutions of higher learning…
New CEOs Joel Hagood will serve as president of Bevill State Community College (Alabama), as of January 1. He is currently superintendent of Walker County Schools in Alabama. Previously, Hagood was principal at Oakman High…
Why Biden’s ed agenda prioritizes community collegesUniversity Business“Lower-enrollment and lower allocations from state budgets are going to impact the bottom line at a time when colleges need to increase services to students,” says Martha Parham…
Interest in community colleges offering undergraduate research experiences has increased since the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) a year ago convened a national summit on research experiences for two-year college students. At the recent…
It’s easy to be in favor of internships. Paid internships with high-tech industries provide students with workplace experience — sometimes even the opportunity to do authentic research — while earning enough to forgo other employment…
Sharp drops in fall enrollments among Native American, Black and Hispanic community college freshmen are near 30%, according to updated data from the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Research Center. The decline in the overall freshman…