A new partnership is addressing hospitality labor shortage in North Carolina. Wake Technical Community College is teaming up with Raleigh café A Place at the Table to provide free, non-degree, short-term culinary and baking classes…
Federal judge blocks new DACA applicationsCNNA federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is illegal and blocked new applicants. President Joe Biden says the U.S. Department of Justice intends…
When Board of Trustees Chair Dorothy Blakeslee was interviewing applicants to fill the presidency at Bergen Community College in New Jersey last fall, she saw many promising candidates. She also met a few who stood…
Plans for free pre-K and community college could provide a ‘ladder into the middle class’New York TimesIncluded in the list of programs Democrats agreed this week to include in their $3.5 trillion budget blueprint is…
The Marvelous Marvin Hagler Memorial Scholarship fund at Massasoit Community College received a knock-out donation. Mae Lang, mother of the late boxer Marvelous Marvin Hagler, presented a $10,700 check to the Massachusetts college to support…
Higher education post-Covid-19The Dallas Morning NewsA look at the future of higher ed includes an expanded role for community colleges and an increased reliance on online learning. All higher ed institutions in Rhode Island will…
With Covid-19 vaccines more widely available and case counts and hospitalizations declining, community college administrators, faculty and students are preparing for the fall 2021 semester. The last academic year brought many changes. Institutions were forced…
Soon after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opened up enrollment for the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program on May 12, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) informed all 6.5 million award year 2020-21 Pell Grant…
Undocumented students in Illinois stand to gain institutional support in higher edIllinois NewsroomA new bill in Illinois would require all colleges and universities to create a liaison position to support undocumented students. Oregon community college…
Men of color in community colleges face an array of challenges today. Low enrollment, retention and completion rates among this population are constantly discussed in academic environments, educational research and in the media. These issues…