The Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC) is looking for ideas to address real-world problems. The national program is designed to enable community college students to discover and demonstrate their capacity to use science, technology,…
With states all dealing with the coronavirus differently, it’s no surprise that community colleges have a wide variety of strategies for reopening. They range from Crowder College in Neosho, Missouri, open since last fall, to…
Achieving the Dream (ATD) is launching a new initiative to help rural community colleges better prepare students for careers in the digital economy. As it kicks off its annual convening this week (held virtually), ATD…
Continuing with its recent giving to the college, SC Johnson will donate $5.5 million to Gateway Technical College (Wisconsin) to create a STEM pathway program for women and people of color who have historically been…
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Thursday approved President Joe Biden’s nominees for secretaries of education and labor. The committee approved Miguel Cardona for U.S. education secretary by a 17-5 vote,…
Before Covid, Brea Nazareno enjoyed the lively campus atmosphere at Oregon’s Portland Community College (PCC), acting as student body president and a Phi Theta Kappa chapter president. Now back with her parents in Vancouver, Washington, Nazareno is completing…
It’s been more than a decade, but the White House may soon host another community college summit. First Lady Dr. Jill Biden on Tuesday hinted at another White House summit on community colleges. The White…
In 2019, two community college alumni at the University of California, Berkeley created College Leap to help community college students transfer. Now, with 20 chapters and multiple activities in the works, the co-founders aim to…
The House on Friday approved an apprenticeship bill, similar to the one it passed this fall, that would expand registered apprenticeships and strengthen pre-apprenticeship and youth apprenticeship programs. HR 447, the National Apprenticeships Act, passed…
Marty Walsh, President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. labor secretary, said at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday that he would seek closer ties with the U.S. Education Department (ED) and other federal agencies to better…