Collaboration between CDOT, Front Range Community College aims to reduce shortage of highway workers Pikes Peak Courier A career opportunity that springs from a shortage of labor for highway maintenance, the highway maintenance management program…
Three community colleges in rural New York leverage online education to provide experiences for U.S. students and to tap international students. Wayne Wheeleris director of international programs and services at the American Association of Community…
Education Department sends final Title IX rule to White House for approval Politico (subscription required) The U.S. Education Department this week sent the Trump administration’s final Title IX rule governing campus sexual assault to the…
Effective career pathways leading to good jobs require strong partnerships with employers, good use of data and outreach to underserved populations, community college leaders agreed at a panel discussion this week hosted by the Urban…
The Aspen Institute on Tuesday announced the 150 community colleges that are eligible to compete for its $1 million 2021 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence — including 62 colleges that weren’t eligible for the…
Commentary: Let’s make the FAFSA required for a high-school diploma, to increase college enrollment — and more counselors wouldn’t hurt either Hechinger Report Easier forms, with more help in completing them, would reduce obstacles in…
The American Association of Community Colleges and 14 other national postsecondary education organizations have agreed to use a new credential registry as well as common language to describe credential information in an effort to make credential…
In Duluth, new college presidents are old friends Minneapolis Star Tribune Lake Superior College President Patricia Rogers and St. Scholastica President Barbara McDonald see opportunities for their schools to work together. Q&A: Active Minds president…
For Dustin Meador, it seemed as though the nagging, complex and contentious issue of college transfers was the Texas legislature’s Moby Dick: The problems were big and obvious, but solutions were elusive. Jim PatersonJim Paterson…
Three Connecticut community colleges will work to increase the number of low-income students entering and succeeding in college using a seven-year, $25.8 million U.S. Department of Education grant awarded to the state. Manchester, Naugatuck Valley…