Campus Issues

Funding roundup

A $100,000 grant from Truist Foundation will fund a pipe rack simulator for Greenville Technical College’s new Center for Welding and Automation Excellence (CWAE). The investment will provide students with additional training opportunities as they…


SBA awards $50M to help small manufacturer workforce

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on Thursday announced grant awards totaling $50 million to 11 organizations — with community and technical colleges either leading the projects or serving as partners — that will provide…


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Community college students need housing, Cal State LA will house some for the first time LAist Starting this fall, 56 students from East Los Angeles College will use surplus apartment-style housing at Cal State Los…


Staying ahead of the AI curve

When generative artificial intelligence (AI) began to rapidly spread across college campuses, many institutions responded with understandable caution. Faculty worried about plagiarism. Administrators had concerns about academic integrity. Others raised important questions about privacy, bias…



NSF launches $100M AI hub program

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced a new grant program to help colleges and universities gain access to the computing power needed for artificial intelligence (AI) research. NSF plans to invest about $100 million…


Becoming more agile in the age of AI

Community colleges must become more nimble in reading and reacting to workforce trends as artificial intelligence accelerates changes in the labor market, according to a new report from Harvard University’s Project on Workforce and Education…


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How is Workforce Pell rolling out in Ohio? Slowly, so far Signal Ohio Higher education leaders in Ohio and across the country continue to navigate the strict requirements surrounding the federal grant. Attending a community…


Iowa college first to get ED’s OK for Workforce Pell

Iowa Central Community College‘s 14-week emergency medical technician program (EMT) is the first in the country to get federal approval for the new Workforce Pell program. The announcement was made Tuesday at a press event…


How a Nebraska college got a leg up on Workforce Pell

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen visited Metropolitan Community College (MCC) last month to announce four programs the state has approved to participate in the Workforce Pell Grant program, a new federal initiative designed to help students…