‘You matter here’
A jumbo banner reading “You Matter Here,” placed on the side of a building, welcomes students from the parking lot to the campus of Los Angeles City College (LACC). The two-year college serves Koreatown, Little…
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Red light, yellow light, green light
The rise of artificial intelligence in higher education has forced faculty to make critical decisions: Should AI be allowed in their courses? If so, how much? These aren’t just policy questions — they’re fundamentally about…
Bridging the AI divide in community colleges
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is rapidly transforming how we learn, work, communicate and solve problems. Platforms like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude are becoming integral to workplaces, healthcare, business and education. Many community…
Revising the transactional approach to workforce development
Despite many advances in community college workforce development practice, there are some warning signs that need addressing in the near future. There has been a decline in credit enrollment in many workforce programs, particularly among…
Washington Watch: Seeking Senate support for community college ag programs
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and the Association of Community College Trustees are asking the Senate agriculture committee to include new support for community college agriculture programs in a 2026 Senate Farm Bill….
Washington Watch: DOL launches ‘super-sized’ SIP competition
The Department of Labor (DOL), “on behalf of the Department of Education (ED),” on Thursday released a fiscal year (FY) 2026 grant application package for the Higher Education Act Title III-A Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP)….
Washington Watch: Negotiators agree to accreditation regulations
The Education Department’s (ED) negotiated rulemaking committee on Thursday reached consensus on a regulatory package that will directly impact institutional practice. The draft rule substantially revises the specific requirements and procedures that accrediting agencies must…
Four-year colleges eye Workforce Pell
The U.S. Department of Education on Monday issued the final rule for Workforce Pell Grants, opening federal student aid to programs as short as eight weeks beginning July 1. What the “2026 Survey of College…
Trauma-informed colleges need systems, not just training
The conversation about trauma-informed higher education has been operating mostly at one level — the level of individual practice and programming. Colleges are hiring counselors, running faculty workshops, adopting flexible attendance policies and encouraging compassionate…
Community college baccalaureates continue to grow
While the number of states offering community college baccalaureates (CCB) has held steady, the number of colleges in those states offering the degrees and the number of degree programs have seen double-digit growth, according to…