Senate package takes aims at college costs NSF Engines semifinalists announced Senate package takes aim at college costs U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), the ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee,…
When Evi de Bois looks at a prototype of a portable, solar-powered water pump that her student team from California’s Feather River College (FRC) developed, she thinks about how it can help her fiancé, who…
A House hearing on Wednesday explored innovations in higher education to help students succeed, including programs focused on community colleges, such as dual enrollment and the Accelerated Study in Associate Programs. Rep. Burgess Owens (R-Utah),…
“In tandem” features new community college partnerships with business and industry, higher education institutions and others. Tapping water-to-work internships Partnering to create more pathways to credentials A new teaching academy with dual enrollment College-to-career opportunities…
Won’t it be strange when the day comes that you’re scrolling through your favorite news app like Flipboard, Pocket or Apple News, only to find that the single headline that actually speaks to you is…
Thirty-three-year-old Joseph V. Geiser stayed in his midsized sedan – and more recently, in his roomier ambulance – while pursuing for three years an associate degree in Butler County Community College’s (BC3) registered nursing program….
Winning one Student Music Award from DownBeat, the iconic jazz and blues magazine, is a cause for celebration. But when you win 15 each year over the past two years and nearly 50 since 2017…
A wise friend of mine once said to me, as I was lamenting the fact that I was finding it difficult to find time to read scholarly journals or books about online learning, “Learning is…
Congress is working hard to reauthorize the Farm Bill, the governing legislation for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs, including agriculture development and nutrition programs. The Farm Bill is reauthorized every five years, with the…
Before she turned 28, Elizabeth Trevino had worked a couple of nothing-special jobs as a call center representative and a retail store manager. The San Antonio resident always thought she might work one day in…