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Policy and advocacy State of the Association video If you missed the State of the Association video at AACC’s convention, you can view it online now. Upcoming events For future leaders The next AACC John…
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Familiar faces — and a few new ones — among Aspen Prize finalists
The Aspen Institute has announced finalists for its 2019 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, which can be bundled into threes: Three are from Florida (two of which have made the finalist list three times),…
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‘Last Chance U’ quarterback John Franklin III signs contract with Chicago Bears Yahoo! Sports Former East Mississippi Community College — which played host to the popular Netflix show “Last Chance U” — quarterback John Franklin…
Funding roundup
North Carolina’s Wake Technical Community College is celebrating the college’s second largest gift ever: $1 million donated by retired nurse Martha Mann Smith. The funds support the college’s nursing program, which was renamed the Martha…
A roadmap to expand apprenticeships
A blue-ribbon task force that examined the barriers and potential of apprenticeships in workforce development is recommending a pilot program to test “industry-recognized” apprenticeships in fields that don’t have well-established registered apprenticeships. Daily StaffCCDaily is…
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Foxconn commits $1M to Wisconsin universities & technical colleges in competitive initiative WTMJ 4 The goal is to find solutions to make the area around the Racine County plant better through infrastructure, transportation and other…
College-based center focuses on child protection
Whenever a serial child molester or sex trafficker is caught, there’s a good chance the investigators were trained by the National Criminal Justice Training Center (NCJTC), based at Fox Valley Technical College in Wisconsin. Ellie…
Reporter’s notebook
Revamping welfare’s education and training limits As Congress prepares to examine welfare laws, education and workforce advocates are encouraging lawmakers to look at the education and training components. Several speakers at a House Subcommittee on…
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Policymaker Perspectives: A discussion with Michael Wooten ACTE blog Michael Wooten, deputy assistant secretary for community colleges at the U.S. Department of Education, outlines department priorities for career and technical education in this Q&A. How…
Kurtinitis set to chair AACC board
Sandra Kurtinitis, president of the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) in Maryland, will become chair of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) board of directors on July 1, succeeding Mary S. Graham, president…