Early college and dual enrollment have been a niche program for high schools and colleges for a few decades. With deep roots in urban community colleges, at their best early college and dual-enrollment programs give…
Nurses and nursing students get new education option with SUNY partnershipMid Hudson NewsWith the new partnership, interested SUNY Orange nursing graduates will automatically be enrolled in SUNY Empire State College’s BSN program and SUNY Empire…
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has developed the Virtual Apprenticeship Network (VAN) Toolkit to help expand registered apprenticeships through community colleges with their partners. VAN includes best practices from more than 60 community colleges that have been…
Editor’s note: This article is provided by the Instructional Technology Council, an affiliated council of the American Association of Community Colleges. Campuses are busily preparing for the fall term and the hoped-for return to “normal.”…
CEO retirement Cathy Kemper-Pelle, president of Rogue Community College (RCC) in Oregon, has announced her plans to retire next summer. She has led the college for five years and is its first female president. Under…
Community colleges and community hopeThe EdUp Experience (podcast)Despite the challenges brought up by the pandemic, community colleges have remained focused on reaching students who desperately need what the colleges have to offer, says AACC President…
Upcoming events Save the date for FLI/FPIAACC will hold its John E. Roueche Future Leaders Institute (FLI) and Future Presidents Institute (FPI) October 5-7 in Washington, D.C. Roueche–FLI serves mid-level community college administrators looking to…
The U.S. Education and Labor departments on Monday announced a renewed joint effort to help individuals using unemployment insurance (UI) — especially those displaced from their jobs due to Covid — to connect with postsecondary…
Researchers of global climate change have long been aware that an increase in atmospheric CO2 leads to increased crop production, but none have ever understood precisely why. It is possible that a team of student…
A Butler County Community College (BC3) scholarship fund got a boost. A motorcycle group from an American Legion post in Butler County has contributed $10,000 to the Butler American Legion Riders Veterans Incentive Scholarship Post…