The demand for teachers in the United States exceeded the supply by more than 100,000 in 2019 for the first time ever, according to the Washington-based Learning Policy Institute, and that was before the challenges…
CEO retirements Don Doucette, chancellor of Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC), will retire on July 1, 2022. He will have led the district for 11 years. Doucette’s accomplishments as chancellor include a student graduation rate…
Commentary: Pennsylvania needs more volunteer firefighters. Here’s a plan that could helpMorning CallState Senate Bill 83 would create and fund a partnership between colleges and high schools and technical schools to recruit and train students…
I recently read something that inspired me to carefully reflect on community colleges. In a passage about the history of the sector, it noted that “great challenges faced the United States … including global economic…
Commentary: Community colleges are the front line for workforce innovationThe CampusAs bachelor’s-granting institutions grow ever more focused on employability, there’s much they can learn from community colleges, write Vicki Karolewics, president of Wallace State Community…
Many people in this country look at their circumstances and can’t imagine that there’s a different and better life for them. Approximately 10.6 million people go to jail each year in the United States with…
In general, the higher the degree earned, the higher the earnings. For example, an associate degree increases lifetime earnings over a high school diploma by 25%, according to a new report from the Georgetown University…
Long wait for students to enroll in some community college nursing programsEdSourceIt’s a problem that leaders of the student senate of the California Community Colleges want to confront to eliminate a controversial lottery system that…
CEO obituary Stephen K. Mittelstet, who served as president of then Richland College in the Dallas County Community College District for 31 years, passed away on October 6. He was 78. Mittlelstet was noted as…
A first-of-its-kind program opened this fall at Oregon’s Portland Community College (PCC). The Carolyn Moore Writing Residency is the first and only writing residency that is hosted by a community college in the United States….