How Biden’s infrastructure plan may fracture the nation’s collegesPoliticoWhere community colleges love seeing the administration push for free education, some four-year schools see an “existential threat.” “I never thought I’d go to college”: MATC student…
New freebie for getting vaccinated: summer course at community collegeMyWabashValley.comIn Illinois, Danville Area Community College is offering a free summer class to anyone with a CDC vaccination card. Colorado places tuition freeze on community college9…
Editorial: SC showed apprenticeships work. Congress should expand them nationwide.Charleston Post CourierRegistered apprenticeships led by the South Carolina Technical College System have emphatically proven their worth. Congress could easily triple the number of these valuable…
Community colleges turn to new incentives for recruitmentInside Higher EdCommunity college leaders are intentionally focusing on what resources students, especially first-generation students, need to feel they can successfully navigate remote learning, says Martha Parham of…
California community college enrollment plummets amid pandemic, putting some campuses at riskLos Angeles TimesColleges that experienced significant drops could be at risk if they “don’t stabilize or build back enrollment” over the next several years,…
(College) credit where credit is duedotEDU (podcast of the American Council on Education) Anne Kress, president of Northern Virginia Community College, joins the discussion about a new ACE report on reimagining policies on transfer of…
Commentary: America is failing its workforceCNNA new model for college and career preparation would have more measurement, more accountability, more relevancy and more flexibility, writes Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida. Leading community colleges…
Can colleges require Covid-19 vaccines?New York TimesMost U.S. colleges and universities already require on-campus students to show proof of vaccines for illnesses, like bacterial meningitis, that can spread rapidly in close quarters. But Covid-19 is…
Get paid to get vaccinated? JCCC offering $250 to all employees to get Covid shotsShawnee Mission PostJohnson County Community College is offering employees a one-time $250 payment to get the Covid vaccine, as the Kansas…
‘It is a great investment in our institutions’: Community colleges to receive lifeline in $1.9T stimulus planBoston Globe (subscription required)Tylor Gosselin had every reason to abandon her nursing studies at Greenfield Community College this year….