Hormel offers two-year college benefit to employees’ childrenStar TribuneHormel Foods Corp. announced Tuesday that it will pay the tuition of a two-year college for any of its employees’ children, reflecting a growing awareness among major…
New Jersey governor proposes more cutsDrone training programs that are flying highExceptional programs that help Latino studentsLACCD buys more tech devices for studentsGoogle apprenticeships in CaliforniaTool and die apprenticeships in Tennessee New Jersey governor proposes…
Bronx Community College delivers devices to students’ homes ahead of distance learning semesterBronx TimesLeaders from the New York college on Monday hand delivered technology and other devices to 10 students’ homes as they all prepare…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Monday issued final rules that it says govern distance learning in higher education and promote educational innovation to better serve the needs of an increasingly diverse population of students….
The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee is asking U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to withdraw the Reimagine Workforce Preparation (RWP) grant competition, which would provide state workforce agencies with funding for short-term programming,…
If coping in the wake of the coronavirus wasn’t enough, community colleges in certain areas of the U.S. now are dealing with – or bracing for – storms and wildfires. Among immediate concerns is a pair…
Pima College ‘reskilling’ effort aims to help Tucson workers hit by pandemicTuscon.comHelping lower-wage workers displaced by COVID-19 — particularly hard-hit women and minorities — is the goal of a new effort spearheaded locally by Pima…
The U.S. Department of Education recently awarded millions of dollars in Student Support Services (SSS) program grants to several community colleges. The grants are meant to help colleges provide opportunities for academic development, assist students…
I have a confession. The “Pandemic” chapter in our Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) was inadequate. For more than three years, I served as vice president of administrative services at Joliet Junior College (JJC) in Illinois,…
Pennsylvania college puts unused computers to work fighting COVID-19LevittownNow.comChris Ebinger, a senior network technician at Bucks County Community College, was already using his home computers for simulated experiments as part of IBM’s World Community Grid….