Newsmakers
New CEOs Kirk Bennett will become the next president of Western Technical College in Wisconsin on August 1. He is currently vice president of administrative services at Lone Star College (LSC)-Montgomery in Texas. Bennett brings…
Campus Issues
House releases FY27 funding bill
The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday released the all-important Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies fiscal year (FY) 2027 appropriations bill. The bill, which the Labor-HHS-ED subcommittee will mark up on June…
Q&A: Forward-thinking and future-ready
Bob Johansen There is no other choice for community college leaders than to be forward-thinking. Bob Johansen, a distinguished fellow with the Institute for the Future. will discuss how forward-thinking leaders can ensure their colleges…
Headlines
Calling counselors The Job Colorado’s Community College of Aurora is one of several colleges working to make the costly and inflexible path into counseling more manageable. New initiative builds rural colleges’ strategic planning capacity and…
Certificate programs continue to lead enrollment growth
Enrollment in certificate programs at community colleges continues to show big gains, increasing 12.1% this spring compared to last spring, according to a final spring enrollment tally from the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Research Center….
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Alamo Colleges confronts $28M budget deficit as tax revenue falls short San Antonio Report Stagnant property values, slow residential property sales, new tax exceptions and funding changes have Alamo Colleges District officials preparing to address…
Diving into ED’s new data
The Education Department’s “Report on the Condition of Education 2026” has some interesting findings regarding two-year colleges in areas of enrollment, outcomes and earnings. For example, between academic years 2013-14 and 2023-24, the number of…
Reporter’s notebook
Federal funds for three CCRC projects reinstated Senate bill would create workforce training partnership grants Boggs family creates scholarship endowment Plan moves forward to bring pro baseball to college campus Federal funds for three CCRC…
Headlines
Commentary: If we want Pell to help apprenticeship, we need a Pell just for apprenticeship Jobs That Work Fact and fiction on how much Workforce Pell will help apprenticeship, and an idea for what could….
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Commentary: A healthy exception: community colleges and the nursing crisis Capitol Weekly Allow California’s community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees in nursing. The health and well-being of the state depend on it. Maricopa Community College…