Various federal agencies are dipping into the workforce development area as the Biden administration looks to build more equitable education and job training pathways toward good-paying jobs. Federal officials from various agencies highlighted their recent…
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the current issue of the Community College Journal, published by the American Association of Community Colleges. Addressing equity gaps in career and technical education (CTE) and workforce development…
When students lose credits during transfer from a community college to a four-year institution, they also lose time and money. The Articulation of Credit Transfer (ACT) project through the City University of New York (CUNY)…
Defining rural-serving institutionsMaking an economic differenceNew York college’s cyber program gets NSA designation Defining rural-serving institutions A tool developed by the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges (ARRC) uses a new metric to better identify…
HCC to offer free child care for studentsDaily Hampshire GazetteBeginning in March, Holyoke Community College will become the first community college in western Massachusetts to offer a drop-in child care program for student parents. Virginia…
St. Petersburg College (SPC) will work to connect students with jobs using a $1 million grant from Bank of America. The funding supports the job placement of students who are near the end of their…
When a sudden, small expense threatens an entire college careerWashington PostKesare Mowrer was a restaurant server while taking a full course load at the Community College of Philadelphia: She’d ride her bike to school, take…
Interim CEO Veronica Hipolito has been named Scottsdale Community College’s interim president. She previously was Chandler-Gilbert Community College’s vice president of student affairs. Both colleges are in the Maricopa County Community College District in Arizona….
The Community College Innovation Challenge’s (CCIC) evaluation data contain rare 100% ratings. All 12 faculty or college administrator mentors whose student teams qualified as finalists for the 2021competition reported that they would recommend involvement in…
Sharna Jahan Hossain, Dallas Elleman and Sophia Ibargüen are community college alumni from different corners of the country who have something very special in common: participating in the Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC) has moved…