Jack Perrotta has been nurturing what he calls his “entrepreneurial spirit” since high school, when he made a few dollars doing landscape work or buying and trading consumer electronics. That homegrown energy, along with an…
About a third of community college students in California face a huge obstacle to academic success because they experience housing insecurity, according to a new report by the Community College Equity Assessment Lab (CCEAL) at…
Universities and colleges in several states are considering labeling themselves “sanctuary campuses” amid fears from immigrant students and pressure from activists following the election of Donald Trump. College administrators in New Mexico — the state…
Editor’s note: This article comes from the AACC 21st-Century Center. Subscribe online to its free weekly digest. There are many programs across the nation designed to give community college staff and faculty the leadership skills…
North Carolina Rep. Virginia Foxx has landed the top post on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Foxx announced Friday that she will be the committee’s chairwoman for the next session of Congress….
How an economic developer is bringing factory jobs back to Miss. 60 Minutes Joe Max Higgins enlisted a community college to provide customized training for PACCAR so when the plant was ready, the workforce was…
Universities cut services for a big group of their students: those over 25 Hechinger Report Community colleges have long been aware of these students and their needs. Higher ed experts weigh in on industry’s future…
New CEOs Bill Pink has been named president of Grand Rapids Community College(GRCC) in Michigan. He is currently president and dean for workforce development at the college. Prior to joining GRCC in 2015, Pink was…
In Massachusetts, Holyoke Community College (HCC) and Hampden County Sheriff’s Department will use a $71,300 state grant to train currently and formerly incarcerated men and women for food service jobs while also preparing them to…
A new study by the RAND Corporation shows that community college students participating in a program that provides comprehensive support services were at least 3 percentage points more likely to persist into their second year…