In their May 12 AACC Digital conference presentation about the need for and value of short-term courses, Amardeep Kahlon and Kerry Mix will focus on the distinctive attributes of competency-based education (CBE), its value to…
Cardona at House appropriations hearingNew student aid chief at EDBroadband discount for low-income familiesNew ED clearinghouse for re-opening campuses Cardona at House appropriations hearing U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona pitches the Biden administration’s fiscal year…
Free community college could help equitable economic recoveryPublic News ServiceCommunity colleges have helped push recovery forward in past times of economic hardship, and their advocates say federal funding will help them do it again. Harford…
President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden visited a Virginia community college on Monday to promote two years of free community college and other parts of his $1.8 trillion American Families Plan. Meanwhile,…
Hours after President Joe Biden’s inauguration in January, he told nearly 1,000 new White House staff and political appointees, “We work for the people.” This was a pandemic-era ceremony in which faces appeared in small…
In New York, community colleges seeking to bolster student success and center educational equity need not go it alone. Thanks to grants from Jobs for the Future (JFF) and its partners, institutions can work with…
Four years ago, the Trump administration touted soon-to-arrive $1 trillion bipartisan legislation that would add to and improve upon the nation’s roads, bridges, ports and other infrastructure. The legislation never materialized. But the need to…
Portman: Pre-K, community college not ‘typically’ a government responsibilityThe Hill“I’m a big fan of what community colleges do,” Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) said Sunday, adding that legislation should focus more on skills training or trade…
Arkansas Cox Communications recently gifted $25,000 to the NorthWest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) Foundation in support of the foundation’s NWACC NOW! capital campaign that raises funds for the college’s new facility in Washington County. The…
The Biden plan for free community college has a big challengeNew York Times (subscription required)A federal solution has to account for states that vary widely in how much they charge for tuition. Biden’s free community…