Given the number of issues involved, transitions from one executive role to another are tricky at any time, but this spring, I made a job change that was truly unique to our current historical context:…
In North Carolina, Gaston College students in the emergency medical science (EMS) program will benefit from the donation of an ambulance. Union Emergency Medical Services donated the retired vehicle – and decked it out in…
New CEOs Towuanna Porter Brannon will become the ninth president of Virginia’s Thomas Nelson Community College (TNCC), beginning in 2021. She has served as vice president of student services at Mitchell Community College in North…
Early in the pandemic, an adviser in Lorain County Community College’s successful Students Accelerating in Learning (SAIL) program got a frantic call from one of her students. She was at a local gas station, out…
Louisiana, Haas to partner on manufacturing trainingNews StarLouisiana will become the first state in the U.S. to install advanced 5-axis machining centers at every community and technical college in the state. Continental, Hinds Community College…
5M college students are caretakersOnward with National Manufacturing Day2021-22 FAFSA forms availableA president’s perspective on the future of higher ed 5M college students are caretakers About 5 million postsecondary students are providing care to a…
Justin Smock had started along a well-trodden path. Like many others, he graduated from high school and went straight to community college to earn an associate degree. He felt a tug toward sign language interpretation…
Dirty Jobs’ Mike Rowe to launch certification program at local community collegeWSLSMike Rowe from the hit TV show Dirty Jobs has developed a new employment certification, and Virginia’s Patrick Henry Community College has been chosen…
Last week, President Trump issued an Executive Order with the stated goal “to promote unity in the Federal workforce, and to combat offensive and anti-American race and sex stereotyping and scapegoating.” Its scope includes diversity training…
The renewed attention to racial justice and equity this summer is adding momentum to the push for a more diverse faculty at community colleges. That’s the perspective of California community college leaders who spoke at…