Falling transfer rates have been a concern among higher education experts for several years. But collaborations between community college and university systems and statewide reforms show promise in reversing declines. Nationally, the number of community…
The U.S. Joint Economic Committee, a panel comprising lawmakers from both congressional chambers that reviews economic conditions to recommend improvements in economic policy, held a hearing Wednesday about job training for the clean-energy transition. Among…
As more community colleges announce their fall enrollments, the figures seem to support our initial report that it may be a promising term for two-year colleges. Many community colleges are seeing modest increases, with some…
Flexibility was the word of the day at Wednesday’s House hearing on ways to revamp the nation’s main workforce development legislation. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), last reauthorized in 2014, doesn’t provide the…
At the height of the Covid pandemic in 2020, many graduating high school students decided to hold off enrolling in college. A new report indicates many of them still haven’t done so. While the rate…
Mentor-Connect now offers mentoring to community college faculty who have not had Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grants, even if their college has previously had awards from this National Science Foundation (NSF) program. The program pairs…
Since 2022, the Alabama Community College System (ACCS) has administered its Skills for Success program through which Alabama community colleges across the state train employees in new careers. The training comprises self-paced online instruction followed…
Not long ago, Middlesex Community College (MCC) student Maddy Fadden needed help finding a safe place to live. Going through peer mentorship training at the Massachusetts college both directed Fadden to the proper resources and…
An early childhood education program at Reading Area Community College (RACC) in Pennsylvania looks to improve the skills and successes of Latino workers in those jobs. A community health worker program at Chicago’s Richard J….
There’s no better place to see the transformative potential of postsecondary education than the community college, where Black learners like Tommy McCall, a 2023 Tallahassee Community College graduate and an Achieving the Dream DREAM Scholar,…