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CEO retirements Ray Brooks, president of Piedmont Technical College (PTC) in South Carolina since 2008, has announced plans to retire, effective January 4, 2021. The college’s second president in 50 years, Brooks has led the…
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Americans prefer short-term learning
There’s a widely held assumption that Americans struggling with economic hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to turn to a community college for retraining. That theory seems to have support in…
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Commentary: Create better student support structures for remote learningEduTech MagazineLost internships have an immediate effect on students’ education. For community and technical colleges, in particular, fewer internships can result in a less prepared workforce and…
Looking through new lenses
There is no doubt that the current circumstances have been challenging for everyone. The pandemic and all its associated implications continue to be difficult to navigate. As a community college, these issues seem exacerbated as…
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Hormel offers two-year college benefit to employees’ childrenStar TribuneHormel Foods Corp. announced Tuesday that it will pay the tuition of a two-year college for any of its employees’ children, reflecting a growing awareness among major…
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New Jersey governor proposes more cutsDrone training programs that are flying highExceptional programs that help Latino studentsLACCD buys more tech devices for studentsGoogle apprenticeships in CaliforniaTool and die apprenticeships in Tennessee New Jersey governor proposes…
ED issues final distance learning regs
The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Monday issued final rules that it says govern distance learning in higher education and promote educational innovation to better serve the needs of an increasingly diverse population of students….
House ed chair seeks to halt ED’s new training grants
The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee is asking U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to withdraw the Reimagine Workforce Preparation (RWP) grant competition, which would provide state workforce agencies with funding for short-term programming,…
Amid COVID, wildfires and storms
If coping in the wake of the coronavirus wasn’t enough, community colleges in certain areas of the U.S. now are dealing with – or bracing for – storms and wildfires. Among immediate concerns is a pair…
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Pima College ‘reskilling’ effort aims to help Tucson workers hit by pandemicTuscon.comHelping lower-wage workers displaced by COVID-19 — particularly hard-hit women and minorities — is the goal of a new effort spearheaded locally by Pima…