Maryland Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) and Johns Hopkins University (JHU) are collaborating on humanities curriculum and pedagogy. They received a combined $1.7 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The plan is to…
Community colleges filling STEM pipeline U.S. News & World Report Community colleges are playing an increasingly important role in providing students the science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, skills they need for the thousands…
A Republican lawmaker wants to alter a contentious bill designed to clamp down on campus protesters by spelling out the behaviors that disrupt free speech and could lead to suspensions and expulsions. Associated PressCopyright 2018…
Commentary: Closing Connecticut community colleges wrongheaded Hartford Courant Let community colleges continue to serve you the way we have for many years — by giving you and the folks you love a safe and affordable…
Student press advocates have criticized Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey for vetoing legislation they say would have shown that Arizona supports the rights of student journalists who investigate shortcomings at their schools. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The…
Santa Monica College (SMC) is celebrating the graduation of the first students in its Law Pathway Program, which prepares traditionally underrepresented students to become competitive applicants to law school. Grace SmithGrace Smith is director of…
The National Governors Association (NGA) doesn’t often wade into debates over federal appropriations, especially over specific programs. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts – Website
Community colleges always have played an integral role in training workers for infrastructure- and transportation-related fields like truck driving, construction, welding and electrical work. Ed FinkelEd Finkel is an education writer based in Illinois.More Posts
OER pioneer predicts all community colleges will dump traditional textbooks by 2024 EdSurge David Wiley, a pioneer of open educational resources who co-founded Lumen Learning, a for-profit company that supports OER efforts, sees one place…
Better job outcomes: Higher education attainment leads to increased earnings and lowers the likelihood of unemployment. (Read full PDF.) DataPoints is a biweekly feature of the American Association of Community Colleges that provides a snapshot…