Community colleges boost internet capability through networkAssociated PressMississippi’s 15 community colleges are upgrading to a fiber-based broadband network that officials say will allow faster internet speeds and more collaboration with other institutions of higher learning…
New CEOs Joel Hagood will serve as president of Bevill State Community College (Alabama), as of January 1. He is currently superintendent of Walker County Schools in Alabama. Previously, Hagood was principal at Oakman High…
Why Biden’s ed agenda prioritizes community collegesUniversity Business“Lower-enrollment and lower allocations from state budgets are going to impact the bottom line at a time when colleges need to increase services to students,” says Martha Parham…
Interest in community colleges offering undergraduate research experiences has increased since the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) a year ago convened a national summit on research experiences for two-year college students. At the recent…
It’s easy to be in favor of internships. Paid internships with high-tech industries provide students with workplace experience — sometimes even the opportunity to do authentic research — while earning enough to forgo other employment…
Sharp drops in fall enrollments among Native American, Black and Hispanic community college freshmen are near 30%, according to updated data from the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Research Center. The decline in the overall freshman…
Wisconsin college recognized for how it resumed instruction during pandemicKenosha NewsThe U.S. Education Department has selected Gateway Technical College as a school with one of the best examples of how to operate during the pandemic….
Selected photos from AACC-member colleges. (From left) Lane Glenn, president of Northern Essex Community College, joins Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, Sal Lupoli (CEO of Lupoli Companies), former state Rep. Brian Dempsey and Haverhill Mayor Jim…
Washington Watch is produced by the AACC office of government relations and policy analysis. Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) on Tuesday released drafts of all 12 appropriations bills to fund the federal government…
The flexible schedules and remote learning opportunities offered at community colleges attract many active-duty military personnel such as Jason Cannavino. In the midst of field exercises at Fort Bliss in Texas, work, family and being…