NEW ORLEANS — If business and industry are able to address the shortage of “middle-skills” jobs, collaboration with community colleges is necessary to ensure new employees have the right skills. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of…
Why the state is talking up technical colleges to high school counselors WPLN Tennessee has put a spotlight on its community colleges in recent years, making these higher education institutions the focus of programs like…
On January 22, a long-held dream undocumented of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students studying at Portland Community College (PCC) came true. James HillJames Hill is the public relations manager at Portland Community College…
NEW ORLEANS — Students who complete the oil and gas drilling program at Lone Star College in Texas have the skills and behavioral attributes sought by employers. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More…
Community colleges to ask legislature for $32M My Columbia Basin In Oregon, 17 community colleges will ask the state legislature to allocate to them an additional $32 million in the short legislative session to help…
NEW ORLEANS — Both the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) agree that apprenticeship programs are critical to reducing the skills gap and ensuring a path to family-sustaining…
Graduates who borrowed: The number of public two-year college graduates who took out loans to cover college costs increased from 22 percent in 2000 to 36 percent in 2012. (Read full PDF.) AACC StaffMore Posts…
It may be time to look at the successes of individual programs rather than just a college’s overall rating when it comes to accountability, according to the chairman of the Senate committee working to reauthorize…
In L.A., resources grow for homeless community college students Christian Science Monitor Innovative ideas – from food pantries on campus to the first homeless shelter for college students – are on the rise in Los…
Virginia Western biotechnology program earns state-wide honor theroanokestar.com Virginia Western Community College’s biotechnology program, developed through the American Association of Community Colleges’ MentorLinks program, is recognized by the Virginia Math & Science Coalition. Commentary: Working…