Funding roundup
Wisconsin’s Gateway Technical College has received a $539,660 donation from SC Johnson to support the college in providing the skills and training for students to earn a workforce certificate. The program is expected to have…
Campus Issues
Reporter’s notebook
Seeking assistance from the Senate Higher education organizations are hoping to convince GOP leaders in the Senate to support another pandemic recovery package that would include at least $46.6 billion to help colleges and their…
Rethinking the transcript
A New Mexico community college is working with a group of other stakeholders to develop a new way to more easily track workers’ credentials and skills to better align them with workplace needs. Central New…
Time to expand intensive career training programs
As of May 28, 36.5 million Americans filed for unemployment insurance, a number far worse than the 2.7 million claims most economists were expecting and predicting. The U.S. Department of Labor reported a loss of…
The care and keeping of a leader
It took two trips to the hospital emergency room for Jim Henningsen to realize it was time to change his behavior. The first time, he had a headache so bad he couldn’t even stand. The…
DataPoints: Community colleges and student aid
In the 2017-18 academic year, community colleges received 33 percent of all distributed Pell Grant funds even though they enrolled nearly 41 percent of all undergraduates. As shown below, students at community colleges received a…
Newsmakers
New CEOs Chad Hickox is now the permanent president of Walla Walla Community College (WWCC) in Washington, where he has served in an acting role since March. Hickox came to WWCC in 2018 as vice…
e-Headlines
Commentary: All In this together? Don’t forget the community college studentsThe HillIf plans for reopening in colleges in the fall do not take these students’ unique challenges into account, they may fail to return to…
e-Headlines
Community colleges trying to help students who are losing jobs, childcareTexas TribuneFor Texas community college students, the pandemic upended delicate balances of work, family and financial survival. Schools are tapping into emergency funds and trying…
Virtual classes as part of the norm
As community college faculty have developed innovative practices for their virtual classes during the coronavirus pandemic, some are planning to retain those strategies when their campuses reopen. Faculty members have discovered some silver linings with…