The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will host a series of public listening sessions for employers throughout May and early June to seek feedback on potential changes to the salary level threshold for “white-collar” exemptions…
As healthcare providers scramble to find desperately needed skilled workers, from technicians to nurses and doctors, a new report focuses on how a program in California designed to streamline the process for community college students…
The demand for cybersecurity professionals is growing faster than higher education institutions can meet it. As community colleges aim to do their part in filling this critical workforce gap, they face a key stumbling block:…
The onset of the Covid pandemic forced the Alamo Colleges District (ACD) to retool its adjunct faculty certification program (AFCP) — which serves approximately 1,400 adjuncts among the district’s five colleges — and deliver it…
There are nearly 600,000 cybersecurity job openings nationwide and not nearly enough qualified candidates to fill them. As this cybersecurity workforce gap threatens innovation and keeps IT leaders up at night, community colleges are playing…
Robert Santos has made a career in statistics. In his latest job, the Texas native is leading the U.S. Census Bureau, the first Latino person to serve in that role. Although Santos has held numerous…
A new survey indicates that many student affairs professionals expect to see their responsibilities increase over the next five years in areas such as equity, diversity and inclusion, online student communications and crisis management for…
Abdirahman Hassan and Charmont “Teddie” Lee already are making a difference in their Minnesota communities. Hassan is an equity specialist for Bloomington Public Schools and Lee is an educator in the Minneapolis Public Schools. But…
It is no secret that community colleges suffered during the pandemic. Significant drops in enrollment occurred across the country during the past two years. But rather than focus on numbers, we must look at the…
The House Committee on Education and Labor on Tuesday approved the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022 (WIOA), which would reauthorize the statute that governs the federal workforce development and adult basic education programs….