Whitmer announces tuition-free path to community college for frontline workersWZZMEducation, labor, business and workforce leaders join to urge Michigan’s 625,000 COVID-19 essential workers to apply now for tuition-free college. Community colleges back ballot measure to…
In crackdown on race-related content, Education Department targets internal book clubs, meetingsPoliticoThe Education Department plans to scrutinize a wide range of employee activities — including internal book clubs — in search of “Anti-American propaganda” and…
Pueblo Community College debuts newest mobile learning labColorado Springs Business JournalThe non-destructive testing mobile learning lab, a 53-foot self-contained classroom that is part of PCC’s Corporate College program, is available to companies throughout the state…
Sister to Sister to help first-time-in-college women of colorBoca Raton TribuneIn Florida, 50 Palm Beach State College female students of color will be paired with mentors, including faculty, staff and alumni, who will provide support…
Lakeshore Technical College expands child care centerNBC26About 10 percent of the Wisconsin college’s 2,800 students have elementary-aged children. East Bay community college district to go online-only for entire school yearMercury NewsIn California, the Chabot-Las Positas…
As pandemic continues, colleges help unemployed workers find new jobsEducation DiveThe American Association of Community Colleges and the National Governors Association, for example, are spearheading a network of governors’ offices, community colleges and workforce development…
Why apprenticeships should go softWashington MonthlyA novel job training program fills the real skills gap. Facing pandemic toll, thousands of Massachusetts students didn’t apply for federal student aidWBURAs of August 14, graduates from Massachusetts public…
Is it safe to go to college? Health experts weigh inCNNCommunity colleges are opening for the fall semester in various ways – some are offering in-person classes with social distancing and sanitization procedures, others are…
Community colleges start academic year with mostly virtual classesDaily HeraldIn the Chicago area, more than 80 percent of students at suburban community colleges began the fall semester last week in virtual classes, while a limited…
Headcount up, enrollment down?EAB (blog)Three last-minute strategies to improve fall enrollment. Colleges encouraging older students to enroll as declining birth rates cause pool of applicants to dwindleKABCThe Los Angeles Community College District recently partnered with…