In-person visits to two California community college biotechnician programs significantly influenced the expansion of a Nebraska community college’s biotech program. Those visits — and the on-site visit of a mentor to Southeast Community College’s campus…
ED to use secret shoppers The U.S. Education Department (ED) announced on Tuesday that it will use “secret shoppers” to help make sure colleges are adhering to rules governing federal student aid programs. Secret shoppers…
Rarely is there an opportunity for a simple policy change to create a “win-win-win” by benefiting multiple stakeholder groups at the same time. Yet, advocates say this is the case with “skills-based hiring,” which focuses…
Free textbooks? It could soon be a reality at California’s community colleges North Coast Journal One idea under consideration by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office is to fund community colleges to produce their own…
Well over one-third (36.6%) of community college presidents are women. This is significantly higher than the 30% overall rate of women CEOs reported in the 2017 American College President Survey from the American Council on…
Picture it: a college basement adjunct lounge, 2017. In four years, I never saw anyone be able to print anything from the printer. There was a random toy castle on one of the shelves —…
The drumbeat to extend Pell Grant eligibility to quality, short-term workforce development programs continues to grow louder. On Friday, Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Virginia), the ranking member (and former chair) of the House Education and the…
Sponsored content Delgado Community College is a public community college with campuses throughout the New Orleans, Louisiana metropolitan area. Delgado serves more than 15,000 students with degrees and training focused on today’s in-demand jobs to…
In narrative therapy, a technique that asks clients to examine the stories they tell themselves, “thin” and “thick” are used to help users seek out more complicated, subtle and meaningful stories. The time is now…
Free community college was slashed from Build Back Better. The White House is asking to fund it again Market Watch In the debate surrounding student loan forgiveness, one of the top issues raised by both…