States and municipalities are eager to start expanding broadband access thanks to major new federal funding, but its success largely depends on whether there’s a skilled workforce to get the work done. The Infrastructure Investment…
Numerous community colleges have not yet submitted their Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) Annual Performance Reports, covering activity funded between January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021. Institutions that fail to submit the report…
NEW YORK — When the state began to push back against college textbook prices, Ohio colleges and universities got innovative. In 2017, “We were seeing in Ohio an atmosphere where the public was attacking higher…
NEW YORK — Attendees of the 2022 AACC Annual had an opportunity Monday to hear from the U.S. Education Department’s top higher education official about some of the Biden administration’s top-of-mind issues–and AACC members had…
NEW YORK — Being back in person, the 2022 AACC Annual this week has provided AACC members an opportunity to learn, network and celebrate in a way many of them haven’t done since 2019. That…
NEW YORK — Most community college presidents have dabbled on social media in their role as CEO, but a growing number of those leaders are using them as strategic tools, whether to connect more with…
NEW YORK — Imagine getting a pay raise for coming up with ways to do less work. Businesses typically give an annual pay bump because employees have done more work. But futurist Lisa Bodell, who…
(From top left) Constance Carroll, Gerardo de los Santos, Greg Hamann, Katherine Johnson, Brent Knight and Karen Stout NEW YORK — The six recipients of the 2022 AACC Leadership Award have a unique distinction: They…
A House appropriations hearing Thursday on the president’s budget proposal for the U.S. Education Department focused mainly on K-12 issues, but a few lawmakers noted that they would like to see more of a spotlight…
Solutions for oil spills, HIV-1 treatments and a solar-powered refrigeration system to preserve life-saving medicines are among some of the innovative, STEM-based projects developed among the 12 finalist teams in this year’s Community College Innovation…