Commentary: Celebrating our nation’s community colleges Homeroom, the blog of the U.S. Education Department Amy Loyd, the U.S. Education Department’s assistant secretary for career, technical and adult education, discusses community colleges’ successes and the department’s…
Commentary: At St. Petersburg College, here’s how we’re getting graduates into jobs Tampa Bay Times We must continue to move quickly to adapt to industry changes so our students keep pace with the ever-changing demands…
States look to community colleges to fill labor gap Louisiana Illuminator In total, legislatures in at least 10 states have expanded workforce training programs at community colleges since the start of the pandemic or begun…
Commentary: Creative ways to address the skills gap Evolllution Using augmented reality technology can positively impact a learner’s self-efficacy – that being the student’s learning capacity, writes the director of workforce and continuing education at…
Gov. Evers tours Northwood Technical College’s Mobile Welding Lab Dryden Wire Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and Amy Pechacek, secretary-designee of the Department of Workforce Development, recently visited Northwood Technical College’s New Richmond campus. Disaster recovery…
Michigan community colleges rally at state capitol for positive changes WILX April is Community College Month. And for the first time in four years, nearly 100 community college officials and students gathered at the Michigan…
Community College Month: ‘We focus on removing barriers to success’ ACT blog Q&A with Walter Bumphus, president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges and an ACT board member, regarding how community colleges…
Commentary: The new era of regulatory overreach Inside Higher Ed Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-North Carolina) chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, blasts the U.S. Education Department on its proposed guidelines for third-party…
Early college programs could save thousands off the cost of college CNBC As college costs soar and enrollment falters, there’s an alternative to a pricey four-year degree that’s been largely under the radar, until recently….
CREATE program brings research opportunities to community college students University of Texas at Austin Chemists Sean Roberts and Shawn Amorde collaborate to help prepare students for later scientific careers. Technical job openings could be filled…