The economy is thriving and the unemployment rate is the lowest in 18 years, yet increases in wages have been anemic. Jolanta Juszkiewiczis director of policy analysis at the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts
From reauthorizing the Higher Education Act to expanding apprenticeships, lawmakers in Congress have a full plate when it comes to tackling issues that affect community colleges. David BaimeDavid Baime is senior vice president for government…
Appointments Matthew Carey Jordan has been named dean for humanities at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Center at Cuyahoga Community College in Ohio. He has served as director of the University Honors Program…
Every morning, Mary Brumbach, chief strategy officer at Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD), comes face to face with the region’s economic paradox. On the horizon, construction cranes are silhouetted against the light, evidence of…
Community colleges asking for more money in this year’s state budget ABC27 (with video) Pennsylvania Gov.Governor Tom Wolf’s budget proposal calls for an appropriation of just over $230 million for the state’s community colleges. It’s…
Grand Rapids Community College growing middle college partnerships MLive.com A two-year-old program between the Michigan college and a local high school requires students to take a fifth year of high school to earn both an…
Staff still largely white: Nearly 75 percent of community college faculty, 73 percent of management and 63 percent of student services professionals are white. (Read the PDF.) AACC StaffMore Posts – Website
At Middlesex Community College, extra help for Asian students New York Times After her first-ever class at Middlesex Community College (Massachusetts) last fall, Socheata Mam sank into a couch with her backpack in the main…
College students with young children face a number of challenges, including finding safe and affordable child care. The Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) program supports the participation of low-income parents in college…
Much like last year, don’t expect Senate appropriators to go along with everything in the Trump administration’s funding request for education. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community College Daily and serves as associate vice president of…