Wallace State Community College’s (WSSC) machine tool technology program won $50,000 as runners-up in the Project MFG Advanced Manufacturing National Championship. Half of the winnings will be split between students Zac Singh, Jared Smith and Colbe Sellers,…
Recruitment at Bay College starts early — very early. The community college, which serves 2,000 students across 15 counties in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, begins outreach in fifth grade. Students from local school districts are invited to the…
Hyundai Steel needed a site for a $6B U.S. plant. It came down to location, location, workforce Work Shift Most of the new jobs at Hyundai will require an associate degree or less, but more…
As demand for mental health services continues to grow at colleges nationwide, often due to service capacity, some institutions are moving beyond the traditional counseling center model. These centers are embracing population-level frameworks and stepped…
Justice sues Maryland over in-state tuition policy for undocumented immigrants States Newsroom Maryland on Thursday became the latest state to be sued by the U.S. Department of Justice for its policy granting in-state college tuition…
A paycheck matters. But it’s not the only measure of a good career. A federal wage data analysis of non-college occupations argues that those pathways don’t pay off compared to college. The findings are accurate….
Community colleges have long served as engines of economic mobility in the United States. Every year, millions of students turn to these institutions to learn English, earn professional credentials, change careers or acquire new skills…
Vaccines, transcripts and more: How educators combat the summer melt threatening college enrollment San Antonio Report The micro-barriers are anything from not knowing how to access their transcripts, or are missing documents, vaccine records, even…
Apprenticeships were the top-of-mind workforce development topic at Thursday’s Senate confirmation hearing for Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling to be the permanent secretary of the Department of Labor (DOL). Questions over the two-hour hearing of…
Young men are questioning the value of college, but despite trepidation, many would like to earn a college degree, according to a new report from Public Agenda. “Listening to Young Men” captures the results of…