Community colleges typically operate two houses – a for-credit side for degree seekers and transfer students, and a non-credit side for learners seeking a frictionless pathway into paid work. Recently, two-year schools have moved to…
For growing community colleges, classroom space is often the limit EdNC North Carolina community college enrollment officially surpassed pre-pandemic levels this year, with seven colleges logging full-time equivalent student growth of more than 30% since…
The entire country is looking for more workers in the skilled trades. This spans the needs of electricians and HVAC technicians to heavy equipment operators and fiber optic technicians. Many of these are the backbone…
California’s Campaign for College Opportunity, founded in 2003, has made a lasting impact through its mission to ensure that all eligible and motivated students in the state have an opportunity to go to college and…
In Washington, Pierce County is investing $300,000 in Clover Park Technical College’s workforce training programs. The funding will support the Lineworker & Arboriculture Scholarship Program and the Eastside Technical Bridge Program, creating pathways to careers…
New CEO Ken Udas will serve as the next president of Charter Oak State College — Connecticut’s online college — effective October 30. He is currently vice provost of digital learning initiatives at the University…
Community colleges suddenly oppose plan to let them offer more bachelor’s degrees CalMatters California’s community colleges have been trying for several years to offer more bachelor’s degrees. This year, they put their hopes in two…
Community college leaders should pay attention to something that happened in the youth labor market this summer. After a quarter-century decline, summer employment of 16- to 19-year-olds ticked up to 35.5% from 33.8% last year,…
Colleges must build closer partnerships with community organizations, public agencies and benefit programs to help students navigate an increasingly complex support system, according to a new report from Ithaka S+R. The report examines how federal…
Skilled trade solution from corporate America? The Job “Community colleges are at the center of what we’re doing,” says Mike Berman, director of economic and workforce development at Amazon Web Services. “They’re anchor partners.” Two…