Consolidating La. college management boards could save state money Daily Advertiser State Sen. Sharon Hewitt is considering proposing legislation to consolidate the state’s four college management boards into a single board. Commentary: Community college investment…
The national community college reform group Achieving the Dream (ATD) is looking at how graduates of its member colleges are faring in their lives and jobs after college. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American…
It wasn’t so long ago that Texarkana College was on the verge of closing and Odessa College struggled with retention because students were dropping out of school for jobs in the oil and gas industries….
Gateway Technical College will offer free training to cure nursing shortage TMJ4 (with video) To help with the high demand, federal funding will soon be available to 3,000 Wisconsin students, helping them become nursing assistants…
International student enrollment in the U.S. is on the decline. Community colleges are being hit harder than other U.S. higher education sectors — a 9.4 percent drop in 2017 and a projected 19.3 percent drop…
Editor’s note: AACC News & Notes is published monthly in CC Daily. Policy and advocacy AACC responds to Sen. Alexander on HEA The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), along with the Association of…
New CEO Susan Looney has been named the sixth president of Reading Area Community College in Pennsylvania. Looney, who is currently the college’s senior vice president of academic affairs/provost, joined RACC in 2014 as dean…
A group of Texas lawmakers wants to fix higher education funding — but it won’t be easy Texas Tribune At the Texas State Technical College System — appropriations for which have been tied to graduates’…
Need to recharge your professional batteries? The 2018 American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Convention in April can help. Below, AACC board chair and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College President Mary Graham notes how the…
According to the Associated General Contractors of America, over 70 percent of construction firms nationwide report they are having a hard time filling hourly craft positions that represent the bulk of the construction workforce. Jackie…