Commentary: Technical and community colleges: An answer to bridging the workforce gap and skills shortage Columbus Business First Increasingly, more employers are recognizing technical and community colleges as the frontline to workforce education and economic…
CEO on the move Marvin Martinez will serve as the new chancellor of the Rancho Santiago Community College District, effective July 1. He is currently president of East Los Angeles College, a position he has…
Single mothers who enroll in community college don’t exactly lead a cushy life — and that can work against their ultimate success unless colleges help address their challenges. Ed FinkelEd Finkel is an education writer…
College admissions scandal highlights fundamental flaws in higher education Fox News Community colleges and technical training programs should be equilibrated with university degrees — both in funding and cultural value, writes Gary Shapiro, president and…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) is expected to publish in late June or early July a final regulation to eliminate the so-called “gainful employment” (GE) rule, which was promulgated during the Obama administration mainly to…
New regional higher-learning initiative targets worker shortages Journal Times Wisconsin’s Higher Education Regional Alliance, a program that includes 18 regional colleges, is in partnership with a growing list of commercial and industrial members working on…
Commentary: What if online education simply doesn’t work? Forbes Online programs routinely fail students in need of remediation or those without high self-motivation, and at community colleges, where those populations are heavily represented, nearly 60…
Borough of Manhattan Community College’s (BMCC) Out in Two program got a boost with a $1 million gift from the Herbert and Audrey Rosenfield Fund. Tabitha WhissemoreTabitha Whissemore is a contributor to Community College Daily…
In Colorado, digital badging is on the rise. The Colorado Community College System (CCCS) has built badging initiatives around technical math, advanced manufacturing and healthcare — and the badges are working. In fact, the system…
After a slowing down of enrollment decreases over the past few years, new national figures show that spring-to-spring enrollments this year took a tumble. But enrollments for students under age 18 continued to rise, even…