Be the advocate-in-chief
With Congress on recess for much of August and legislators back in their home districts, it’s a perfect time for community college leadership to extend an invitation for a campus visit. AACC StaffMore Posts -…
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South Carolina puts its support behind apprenticeships
As a high school student dual enrolled at Trident Technical College in South Carolina, Shannon Brennan served as a youth apprentice at Cummins Turbo Technologies for four hours a day. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of…
Washington Watch: This August, connect with your legislators
As your advocates in Washington, my colleagues and I rarely miss an opportunity to point out how vitally important an engaged membership is to achieving our legislative goals. Jim HermesJim Hermes is associate vice president…
The leaders within
College didn’t take at first for Diego Tibaquirá. Ed FinkelEd Finkel is an education writer based in Illinois.More Posts
Ready-to-work cyber-security employees
Since graduating from Illinois Central College in December 2017 with associate degrees in secure software development, Khabran Peters and Branson Moreno have been working full time as software developers at ISHPI Information Technologies. This is…
DataPoints
The STEM advantage: In general, STEM occupations that require either baccalaureate or sub-baccalaureate credentials tend to pay, on average, 29 percent more than other disciplines. (Read the PDF.) AACC StaffMore Posts – Website
ED’s plan to nix gainful employment regs
The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Friday announced its proposal to rescind the so-called “gainful employment” (GE) regulations — a move that was much anticipated. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community…
Affordability is critical in budget process
For community college leaders, maintaining affordability is a high priority and raising tuition is a last resort. But ensuring the college is providing a high-quality education that is also a good value for students is…
From a student’s perspective
For 16 years I have attended class — not as the president of Santa Fe College, but as a student. How can you lead what you do not know? Jackson Sasseris president of Santa Fe…
Washington Watch: ED tees up key regulatory efforts
President Obama’s administration was notable for its ambitious postsecondary regulatory activity. This included new policy approaches that were not necessarily prescribed by statute. The Trump administration has signaled both formally and informally that it, too,…