Today, many colleges deal with an in-house shortage of social media expertise. Add in limited support from faculty and staff outside the marketing department, plus the sometimes minimal student participation in content development. These challenges…
Days before Kingsborough Community College (KCC) freshman Saiad Miah was about to start fall classes in 2020, he was pleasantly surprised outside his Brooklyn home by an in-person greeting from KCC President Claudia Schrader and…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) wants to see more high school students participate in dual enrollment as part of a strategy to more seamlessly link high schools, colleges and career paths in order to better…
The recently passed CHIPS Act, which approves multi-billion-dollar investments in American semiconductor research and manufacturing, includes items of interest to community colleges, including reauthorization of the Advanced Technological Education program. Congress in late July passed…
A growing number of community colleges are offering baccalaureate degree programs. According to a national inventory published in 2021 by the Community College Baccalaureate Association (CCBA) and New America, there are nearly 570 community college…
The U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday announced 32 partnerships across the country selected to develop critical workforce pipelines to key industries and to expand employment opportunities, especially among underserved populations. Nearly all the partnerships include…
The mission of Dallas College is to transform lives through higher education. Dual credit, early college high schools and Pathways in Technology (P-TECH) programs advance this mission by expanding access to higher education, promoting secondary…
For years, community colleges have strived to meet their original mission: access for all. This mission is now coupled with a new imperative of accountability from internal and external stakeholders, accreditors and social unrest in…
Senate Democrats on Thursday released a fiscal year (FY) 2023 appropriations bill that would provide more modest increases for several key higher education and workforce development programs than in the House’s counterpart legislation, though both…
The news media and pop culture are infused with myriad stereotypes about Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials and Gen Zers — what they think, how they act and how they interact in the workplace —…