AACC board meets virtually with DeVosBipartisan bill would create ‘personal reemployment accounts’ AACC board meets virtually with DeVos American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) President and CEO Walter Bumphus and members of the AACC board…
Compared to undergraduates at four-year higher education institutions, community college students who shifted to remote learning this spring due to the pandemic wanted to hear more from their college on academic advising, transfer services and…
Calbright College survives in new California state budget agreementEdSourceThe president of online community college says it will remain in place to help in economic recovery. Amid pandemic, Massachusetts community colleges, state universities face financial challengeBoston…
A new report calls on community colleges to focus more on workforce development to help displaced workers and others secure available jobs, especially as Americans have lost their jobs due to the pandemic. “The Indispensable…
In a virtual roundtable discussion Wednesday with higher education association leaders, Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-Illinois) heard about the many challenges that community colleges are confronting due to the pandemic, as well as issues arising from…
Colleges have until August 1 to apply for grants through the CARES Act’s Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF). After that deadline, the U.S. Education Department (ED) has announced that it plans to “recalculate…
Associate degree-granting institutions have some of the most generous retirement benefits in comparison to doctoral, master’s or baccalaureate institutions, according to a new report from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR)….
Americans continue to have a strongly favorable view of community colleges, according to the Varying Degrees 2020 report from New America. Based on an accompanying survey, the report says the public believes two-year institutions are…
‘Last Chance U’ ending in July on Netflix; Basketball spinoff to premiere in 2021TVline.comNetflix’s “Last Chance U” will end its focus on community college football with the fifth and final season that starts next week….
Access to laptops and the internet are now recognized as key problems during many colleges’ transition from brick-and-mortar classrooms to remote learning, but a handful of faculty members this week provided their firsthand experiences in…