By embracing a phased rollout, strong faculty partnerships, and strategic funding, Carroll Community College created an accessible virtual reality lab that enhances teaching and learning. Carroll Community College’s Virtual Reality (VR) Lab began with a…
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) held its anual two-day Advocates in Action meeting in Washington, D.C., this week. The meeting took place as Congress buckled down for its final days in session before…
The transition to a clean energy economy has emerged as a major driver of employment growth in the United States. In 2023, clean energy employment expanded at more than twice the rate of the overall…
Coming from a neighborhood where folks did not typically go to college came with many challenges. Like many students, I had my curiosity expanded and my worldview broadened, but unlike many of my peers, I…
Twenty-five years ago, I experienced September 11 as a college student. I was a student at Florida A&M University (FAMU), where my bandmates in the world-famous Marching 100 were preparing to board a charter bus…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) will hold a series of online trainings to help campus administrators navigate changes related to Workforce Pell and their responsibilities to prevent student loan defaults. The department this week announced…
The entire country is looking for more workers in the skilled trades. This spans the needs of electricians and HVAC technicians to heavy equipment operators and fiber optic technicians. Many of these are the backbone…
Community college leaders should pay attention to something that happened in the youth labor market this summer. After a quarter-century decline, summer employment of 16- to 19-year-olds ticked up to 35.5% from 33.8% last year,…
It is the week before graduation, and students at Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) are lined up at the Grad Fair waiting to pick up their caps and gowns. They put on the regalia, head…
Community colleges have built our identity around one word: access. It’s in our mission statements, our marketing, our grant applications. We talk about open doors, removing barriers, meeting students where they are. But look through…