Kvaal passes Senate ed committeeMassachusetts community colleges: No vaccine mandatesMDC, IBM team to diversify tech fieldToyota to invest $1.7M to help diversify engineering workforce in Kentucky Kvaal passes Senate ed committee James Kvaal is a…
Sometimes adversity breeds innovation. That’s exactly what the Electronic Engineering Technology Program (EET) at Portland Community College (PCC) did in 2020 when classes were forced to go online as a result of the pandemic. As…
Upcoming events Don’t delay: Register for AACC DigitalAACC Digital starts soon. We’ll officially kick-off on May 6, but you can sneak in some early professional development with workshops on May 5. There are dozens of…
Health educators warn that Mississippi has a shortage of nursing educators in community collegesMississippi Public BroadcastingMississippi has a shortage of nurses, but hospital leaders say there is also a shortage of nursing educators at community…
House appropriators on Tuesday heard about the vast challenges community colleges and their students have faced during the pandemic, and lawmakers expressed they are keenly aware that two-year colleges will serve as a lynchpin to…
More than a year into the pandemic, unemployment rates remain high, particularly among women, communities of color and people with disabilities. “This is not a problem that’s going to fix itself,” Sen. Patty Murray said…
How Biden’s infrastructure plan may fracture the nation’s collegesPoliticoWhere community colleges love seeing the administration push for free education, some four-year schools see an “existential threat.” “I never thought I’d go to college”: MATC student…
The Biden administration on Monday sent some of its top brass to community colleges to advocate for several of the president’s proposals to revive the U.S. economy. While Vice President Kamala Harris went to North…
New CEOs Lorenzo Esters is Ivy Tech Community College’s next Indianapolis campus chancellor, effective July 1. He currently is vice president for advancement and member engagement at the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Previously,…
Commentary: Should we cancel student debt, or is there another question we should be asking?Springfield News-LeaderIf we cancel student debt now, how do we avoid having to cancel another $2 trillion in student loan debt…