The House on Friday passed a bill that would revamp the nation’s main apprenticeship law, even managing to secure votes from some Republicans. In a 246-to-140 vote, Democrats passed their 2020 National Apprenticeship Act, with…
More people with bachelor’s degrees go back to school to learn skilled tradesWashington PostOne in 12 students now at community colleges — or more than 940,000 — previously earned a bachelor’s degree, according to the…
Butler County Community College’s (BC3) 23-year-old College Within the High School program, which gives sophomores through seniors the opportunity to earn transferrable college credits, has exceeded 500 students in a semester for the first time….
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Bank of America on Thursday announced that it will provide $1 million grants to 21 higher education institutions to enhance up-skilling and reskilling for Black and Hispanic-Latino students. More than half of those institutions are…
Commentary: How one community college is providing free behavioral health services to all its students and employeesForbesRecognizing the psychological distress and mental health problems caused by the worsening Covid-19 pandemic, Ozarks Technical Community College in…
According to Measure of America, the number of teens and young adults disconnected from both work and school in the United States fell for the eighth year in a row, from a recession-fueled high of…
Raven McDonald graduated from Abbeville Christian Academy in 2003 and went straight off to a university. After a little time there, she found that it wasn’t what she expected. That’s when she talked to some…
New CEOs Melanie Dixon has been selected as the next president of American River College in California, effective January 1. She most recently was Los Rios Community College District’s associate vice chancellor of educational services…
Heartland Community College adds mental health support programWMBDIn order to help combat the area’s growing need for mental health support professionals, Heartland Community College officials have added a certificate program. Can Biden convert his education…