At a steel factory dwarfed by the adjacent Auto Club Speedway at Fontana, California, Fernando Esparza is working toward his next promotion. Matt Krupnick / The Hechinger Reportis a freelance reporter and editor who contributes…
College readiness has remained fairly steady over the past several years among high school students taking the ACT test. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts – Website
A spending bill passed Wednesday by a Senate appropriations subcommittee would provide a 1.7 percent increase — $100 — to the maximum Pell Grant award, setting it at $6,020 for fiscal year 2018. Matthew DembickiMatthew…
When Hugo de la Mora immigrated to the United States 13 years ago, he saw a “whole world of opportunities,” as he put it, all around him. Cesar Canizalesis associate director of public relations for…
15 states, DC sue Trump administration over ending DACA Associated Press Fifteen states and the District of Columbia sued Wednesday to block President Donald Trump’s plan to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation…
Community colleges on Texas’ Gulf Coast are assessing damages after Hurricane Harvey decimated the region, reaching out to help affected students and employees and incorporating flexibility into their course schedules and deadlines. Ellie Ashfordis associate…
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced that it will wind down a program allowing certain young, undocumented immigrants to stay in the U.S., but it is giving Congress a six-month window to find a solution…
Their lives were transformed by DACA; Here’s what will happen if it disappears Washington Post Alejandro Zuñiga, a 19-year-old community college student originally from Bolivia, aspires to be an aerospace engineer. Now he is afraid…
Community college sues state auditor’s office Michigan Radio A small community college is suing the state of Michigan, in a fight over whether some student workers should have to enroll in the public school teacher’s…
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow said Michigan is facing such a shortage of skilled tradespeople that Congress should provide federal matching funds to help community colleges and businesses provide training to more students. Addressing employers’ inability…