Apprenticeships on the rise at New York tech and finance firms Wall Street Journal (subscription required) Long associated with manufacturing and construction, apprenticeships help some companies train hires and diversify workforces. Hawkeye Community College, local…
College-minded high schoolers flocking to dual credit classes Waco Tribune-Herald If students on the McLennan Community College or Texas State Technical College campuses seem to look a little younger these days, it may not be…
Commentary: Free college for all will power our 21st-century economy and empower our democracy Brookings.com (blog) Imagine making the first two years of college free for every American willing to put in the effort, work…
Local community colleges create workforce consortium Albany Times Union Five community colleges in the Albany, New York, region this week launched a new workforce development coalition to pool resources to better tackle the labor shortage…
How the Great Recession turned America’s student-loan problem into a $1.5T crisis MarketPlace Ten years after the start of the financial collapse, Americans of all types are saddled with student debt that’s holding them back…
Columbia State enrollment reaches new high Columbia Daily Herald The college says the increase in first-year students is due in large part to the success of the Tennessee Promise program, which allows graduating high school…
New deal gives GTCC grads a price break on a 4-year degree Greensboro News & Record The arrangement between Guilford Technical Community College (GTCC) and Fayetteville State University — called the $10K Pathway Plan —…
Hagerstown Community College working to bulk up labor force Herald-Mail Media There are not enough skilled workers for businesses in Washington County, Maryland, and Hagerstown Community College President Jim Klauber is determined to help. UW…
Free tuition program expands Kingstree News When Williamsburg Technical College was selected to be the first to host the South Carolina Promise scholarship program, the idea was to eventually expand it to every technical college….
Colleges, universities closing ahead of storm Newsweek Colleges and universities on the Carolina and Virginia coasts are starting to close in advance of Hurricane Florence. Researchers building a better way of placing students in community…