Newsmakers
CEO on the move Michael A. Baston will become the fifth president of Cleveland’s Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) on July 1. He is currently president of Rockland Community College (RCC) in New York, a position…
Campus Issues
Larger skilled workforce needed to expand broadband
States and municipalities are eager to start expanding broadband access thanks to major new federal funding, but its success largely depends on whether there’s a skilled workforce to get the work done. The Infrastructure Investment…
Headlines
California expanding community college baccalaureate programsEdSourceProgram proponents say the more advanced bachelor’s degree offerings by colleges that typically offer associate degrees are key to training California’s workforce and expanding degrees among the underserved students of…
Washington Watch: Friday deadline for annual HEERF reporting
Numerous community colleges have not yet submitted their Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) Annual Performance Reports, covering activity funded between January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021. Institutions that fail to submit the report…
Answering the call for OER
NEW YORK — When the state began to push back against college textbook prices, Ohio colleges and universities got innovative. In 2017, “We were seeing in Ohio an atmosphere where the public was attacking higher…
Reporter’s notebook
Upward transfers declineHelp in obtaining a U.S. passport Upward transfers decline Undergraduate transfers among all types of higher education institutions dropped this spring, but it appears to be especially steep among community college students transferring…
Headlines
How McDonald’s built its educational benefits platformQSR magazineThought partners like the American Association of Community Colleges and the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning were instrumental in helping McDonald’s create its Archways to Opportunity program….
A new approach to racial reconciliation
NEW YORK — Long Beach City College’s (LBCC’s) equity awakening was triggered by two powerful moments. The first occurred when the California college’s student equity plan – something required of all community colleges in California…
Funding roundup
The Lakeshore Technical College Foundation recently celebrated a $1 million donation from Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network, Froedtert Holy Family Memorial Hospital and Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity. The funds support…
A conversation with Education Under Secretary Kvaal
NEW YORK — Attendees of the 2022 AACC Annual had an opportunity Monday to hear from the U.S. Education Department’s top higher education official about some of the Biden administration’s top-of-mind issues–and AACC members had…