Education is the key to addressing New Hampshire’s labor challenges, but schools, employers and government need to work together to create robust career pipelines, participants at a workforce development forum said. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The…
Community colleges struggle to build women’s basketball teams Chicago Daily Herald Although basketball is the top girls high school sport nationwide and attracted 16,929 participants in Illinois last year, its popularity hasn’t carried over to…
A report by an education advocacy group has found that enrollment and retention have increased at Tennessee community colleges, but dropout rates remain alarmingly high, especially among poor and minority students. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The…
Connecticut is moving ahead with a plan to combine its 12 community colleges into one school with 12 campuses. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast,…
Germanna Community College awards 771 degrees and certificates at fall commencement Culpepper Star-Exponent At Germanna Community College’s fall commencement ceremony Thursday, Cynthia Tyler told her peers about her journey from stay-at-home mom to a graduate…
Dismissive attitudes toward higher education have won new attention recently, with some politicians arguing that college degrees are no longer necessary or not worth the investment. DeRionne Pollardis president of Montgomery College in Maryland and…
Kneedra Bell grew up watching TV’s original food personality, Julia Child, explain the finer points of cooking and saw herself in the down-to-earth, sometimes mistake-prone host of “The French Chef.” Danny Barrett, Jr.is a public…
Community colleges are lowering the cost of education New Jersey Monthly Community colleges are positioned as an antidote to the staggering costs of most four-year schools. Here’s how they fill this growing need. City finalizes…
Almost 38 percent of students who began at a public two-year institution completed a degree in six years, according to a new study by the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Research Center that tracked a cohort…
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is pushing back on efforts by an association representing nursing colleges to make baccalaureates the entry-level degree for nursing jobs. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association…