Upgrading basic skills to launch new careers
While her three children were growing up, Asfa Alamelhuda gave them everything. “I stayed home with them. I would take the kids to school, to the library, to the park,” said Asfa, 51, whose children…
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ICYMI: Coverage of ATE 2024
Here is a compilation of CC Daily articles on the 2024 Advanced Technological Education Principal Investigators’ Conference October 23-25. ATE on AI Community College Daily The annual Advanced Technological Education conference kicked off with advice…
Uncovering students’ mental health challenges
A new report sheds light on the mental health challenges community college students face, which can affect their academic performance and even cause them to drop classes or stop out. More than half (56%) of…
Changing course
On September 25, a Chinese intercontinental ballistic missile passed high over the small South Pacific island and U.S. territory of Guam in a People’s Liberation Army test, triggering agitation on the island as to whether…
Turning inmates into students
4,460. That’s the number of incarcerated individuals who earned a GED through the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) from 2020 to 2024. And during the same period, enrollments in the GED prep classes,…
A modernized CTE framework for a changing world
In the last 20 years, technology and the workforce have changed dramatically. That was the impetus for Advance CTE to update the National Career Clusters Framework. First published in 2002, the framework was designed, with…
Higher ed’s responsibility to use OERs
Open educational resources (OER) represent more than just cost-saving tools — they are a significant social innovation. Experts from every field — the humanities, the sciences, business, technology and education — voluntarily contribute their time…
Empowering community colleges to prepare workforce for AI
By now, you’ve seen the predictions that artificial intelligence could replace entire job categories — from customer service to assembly line workers. It’s much more likely, however, that AI will be less of a job…
Deep dive into dual enrollment
A new comprehensive study of dual enrollment (ED) shows that the popular programs yield higher rates of students attending colleges and completing, but there are gaps in access and success for low-income, Black and Hispanic…
Alamo Colleges wins second Baldrige Award
The Alamo Colleges District (ACD) has become the first higher education institution to receive the prestigious Baldrige Award twice. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Thursday announced that…