To solve the diversity drought in software engineering, look to community colleges Motherboard Community college computer science classes teach the fundamentals, broad concepts like data structures, algorithmic complexity and object-oriented programming. Community college consolidation would…
Two Texas colleges in the Dallas County Community College District will provide training for Dallas-area workers with grants from the Texas Workforce Commission. Mountain View College received a $429,573 Skills Development Grant to partner with…
The federal government recently released a new set of student outcome measures that are an improvement over traditional graduation rate metrics but still fall short of the data needed to better understand community college student…
Want to search earnings for English majors by college? You can’t. New York Times The House Committee on Education and the Workforce has proposed an idea: Release the data, but only on people who borrow…
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce on Friday released a 542-page bill to reauthorize the Higher Education Act that would significantly change federal student aid, such as allowing students to tap Pell grants…
New CEOs Susan Lamb will return to Diablo Valley College (DVC) in California to serve as its president, pending contract approval. She formerly served as vice chancellor of academic affairs at City College of San…
Despite protests, St. Louis Community College board approves layoffs, voluntary buyouts STLtoday.com The board approved a series of budget reduction proposals, including a voluntary buyout, suspension of sabbaticals, changes to benefits and the hotly contested…
Rhodes Scholarships are among the most celebrated and prestigious awards in the academic world, given to a select group of students usually from Ivy League and other well-regarded four-year colleges and universities. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki…
The nation’s system of higher education can be significantly improved to ensure more Americans obtain a quality undergraduate education and a meaningful degree without taking on onerous debt, concludes a far-reaching study by the Commission…
As we take a look at AACC Pathways and the many ways in which it is working at community colleges, it is important to reflect upon the road that we have traveled together. Walter G….