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Expanding apprenticeship The Job Community colleges and workforce boards are less likely to have reached out to smaller businesses about partnering on apprenticeships. But there are exceptions to that rule, such as Miami Dade College,…
Campus Issues
The case for the community college senior well-being officer
For community college administrators, the numbers are hard to ignore. Statistics related to mental health tell the story of an undeniable impact on students across the nation. In the community college context, half of the…
Sacks to serve as ED acting assistant secretary
Casey Sacks, a former West Virginia community college president who is currently chief financial officer at the U.S. Education Department (ED), will assume the duties of acting assistant secretary of career, technical and adult education….
Ensuring there are ‘no wrong doors’
More and more, higher education institutions are being held accountable for what happens to students once they leave college. Did they successfully transfer? Did they get a job with the greatest economic outcome? Getting to…
‘You matter here’
A jumbo banner reading “You Matter Here,” placed on the side of a building, welcomes students from the parking lot to the campus of Los Angeles City College (LACC). The two-year college serves Koreatown, Little…
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‘I felt like I wasn’t learning’: Community college students struggle with online education CalMatters Researchers say it’s hard to know how the quality of online education compares to in-person courses because it’s subjective and because…
Funding roundup
Portland Community College (PCC) has received a $1.2 million state grant to expand access to semiconductor training. The funding is part of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission’s $8.5 million in awards from Oregon’s Semiconductor Talent…
Red light, yellow light, green light
The rise of artificial intelligence in higher education has forced faculty to make critical decisions: Should AI be allowed in their courses? If so, how much? These aren’t just policy questions — they’re fundamentally about…
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Funding reroute Politico’s Weekly Education A top Democratic lawmaker is blasting the Trump administration’s move to reallocate $350 million initially aimed at colleges with significant enrollments of minority students. Gateway to Careers Act gets second…
Bridging the AI divide in community colleges
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is rapidly transforming how we learn, work, communicate and solve problems. Platforms like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude are becoming integral to workplaces, healthcare, business and education. Many community…