The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is among 19 higher education organizations endorsing a national effort to make it easier for students to receive credit for learning they have already completed, whether through previous…
Community colleges looking to strengthen workforce programs and respond to local labor shortages have a new resource at their disposal. A new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce finds that…
The Lowe’s Foundation on Tuesday announced a new national coalition to address the nation’s skilled-trades workforce shortage by bringing together community colleges, employers, workforce organizations and industry partners with a goal of helping train and…
A Michigan task force is recommending a major shift in how the state finances dual enrollment, urging lawmakers to create a dedicated reimbursement system that would remove much of the financial burden currently borne by…
It is the week before graduation, and students at Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) are lined up at the Grad Fair waiting to pick up their caps and gowns. They put on the regalia, head…
Community colleges have built our identity around one word: access. It’s in our mission statements, our marketing, our grant applications. We talk about open doors, removing barriers, meeting students where they are. But look through…
“Without stable shelter, everything else falls apart,” Princeton University sociology professor Matthew Desmond wrote in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.” Campus leaders know this all too well. It’s…
Rising costs for food, housing, transportation and other necessities are making it harder for Latino students to stay enrolled and complete college, according to a new UnidosUS report. The organization says these challenges are particularly…
Community colleges aim to connect the education they offer to work. Now the workplace itself is a major site of learning. That creates an opportunity and a challenge for community colleges. Artificial intelligence, workforce platforms,…
The Education Department (ED) is proposing a sweeping update to its grant administration regulations that would change how colleges find federal funding opportunities, document eligibility and develop grant applications. The proposal would amend the Education…