For a working parent weighing a return to college, the decision rarely starts with a program brochure. It starts with a quieter question: Can I actually do this? That question sits at the center of…
When generative artificial intelligence (AI) began to rapidly spread across college campuses, many institutions responded with understandable caution. Faculty worried about plagiarism. Administrators had concerns about academic integrity. Others raised important questions about privacy, bias…
Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Monday sent a “National Call to Action” to all college and university presidents to respond to what she termed was a “drift from the principles that built up so much…
Nearly 700 students earned degrees and certificates this spring at Western Nevada College (WNC), marking the largest graduating class in the history of the college. For a small rural community college serving more than 12,000…
This spring, a student named Cedric graduated from Forsyth Technical Community College (North Carolina) with his associate degree in nursing. He’d stopped out once before finishing it, and he came back through NC Reconnect, the…
What would make a talented 22-year-old raised in rural North Carolina choose to build a career close to home? I would argue our community colleges may be at the center of that decision. When a…
As we move further into the age of artificial intelligence, we are increasingly reminded that the future will require a deeper understanding of what it means to be human. In a world where technology continues…
Community colleges have long been engines of opportunity. Every day, they prepare students to become nurses, teachers, entrepreneurs, engineers, public servants and business leaders. Yet colleges do something else that deserves equal attention. They prepare…
Education officials have had high hopes for this month’s launch of the long-awaited Workforce Pell program. For the first time ever, students attending short-term vocational programs in fields like healthcare support and the skilled trades…
For more than a century, community colleges have responded to major economic shifts, continually redefining their role in preparing America’s workforce. They expanded during industrialization, adapted to the rise of advanced manufacturing, embraced the information…