U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh wants to use work-based learning opportunities such as apprenticeships to re-engage students who left school during the Covid pandemic and get them on a career path. The challenge, he said…
Emerging technology trends are always evident in Mentor-Connect teams’ proposals. This summer, 21 faculty-led teams from two-year colleges are continuing to receive Mentor-Connect mentoring to sharpen their ideas for innovations in technician education fields…
Commentary: The pandemic taught colleges how to better support students who are single mothersHigher ed DiveDelgado Community College’s chancellor grew up with a single mother. She shares how the college responded when the coronavirus pressured…
Employers in nearly all industries are scrambling to find workers, which has many members of Congress concerned about its potential effects on the U.S. economy. But Labor Secretary Marty Walsh sees a potential to help…
According to a report by Boeing, in the next two decades the aviation industry will face a dire shortage of skilled workers to maintain the North American fleet as demand for aviation technicians will hit…
Russell Kavalhuna, hired to lead Virginia’s community colleges, isn’t taking the job after allRichmond Times-DispatchRussell Kavalhuna, who was named the new chancellor of Virginia’s 23 community colleges, is no longer expected to take the job,…
For a handful of students who previously competed in the Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC), which focuses on developing STEM-related solutions to real-world problems, it wasn’t so much the technical parts of the competition that…
This week, teams comprised of students and mentors from 12 selected community colleges traveled to the Washington, D.C., area to, in part, learn how to pitch innovative STEM projects they developed. The Community College Innovation…
In New Jersey, the nursing program at Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) received a $100,000 donation from the Somerset Hills Community Health Foundation (SHCHF). The gift will fund 10 full scholarships — the first full scholarships…
Southwestern College to accept SNAP and EBT paymentsSan Diego Union-TribuneCommunity college students with CalFresh benefits can purchase food almost anywhere, except the place where they often spend most of their time: school. Commentary: How the…