2020 was promising to be the year of new beginnings for El Centro College’s recently rebranded Culinary, Pastry and Hospitality (CPH) program. There was the new name, the new 50,000-square-foot facility, even a star-studded celebrity…
The Community College Research Center (CCRC) released two new blog posts today. The first one examines community college enrollment trends during the Great Recession as a lens to view the impacts of COVID-19 on enrollments this…
Commentary: Community colleges will be essential to California’s recoverySan Francisco ExaminerWhen the shelter-in-place order is finally lifted, millions of Californians will be seeking employment in a drastically different economy. Some workplaces will not survive; others…
In general, community colleges seem to be working well with their high school partners to adapt their courses to a distance learning environment for dual-enrollment students. Dual-enrollment programs are based on strong partnerships, and that…
Commentary: The strengths we’ve built during the coronavirus outbreak will accelerate our recoveryCleveland.comThe strengths we build now will carry us forward as we emerge from this outbreak, writes Alex Johnson, president of Cuyahoga Community College…
Each week since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, board members of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) have come together to hear from experts and…
Nelson Mandela once said: “A leader…is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from…
Grants to states for short-term programs The U.S. Education Department will make available $127.5 million in coronavirus relief funding to states for short-term postsecondary programs and work-based learning programs. The funding is part of $307.5…
Will students show up for college in fall 2020? Community colleges offer a hint. It isn’t pretty.USA TodayFlexibility has long been a strength of community colleges, which can move more quickly than universities typically can…
Rural colleges adopting distance learning during the coronavirus pandemic face the same challenges as other two-year colleges, as well as some unique ones. In the short term, making sure all students have adequate computers and…