Effective strategies counter enrollment declines
DALLAS — “Our colleges are not in crisis. We’re in motion.” Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts – Website
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Successful onboarding requires honesty, transparency
DALLAS — A smooth transition when a community college board hires a new president requires transparency, honesty and respect, according to a panel of seasoned college leaders who discussed “onboarding” during a spotlight session at the…
Colleges should educate students to be ‘robot proof’
DALLAS — A key challenge for community college leaders is the need to educate people to be “robot proof,” as artificial intelligence will make many jobs obsolete. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More…
Visionaries among community colleges
DALLAS — “Wow. I’m truly humbled. This is a surprise.” Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts – Website
Serving students’ mental health needs
DALLAS — Jacqueline Spiegel hopes that one day having people trained to spot whether a person may have mental health issues will be as common as receiving training in first aid and CPR. Matthew DembickiMatthew…
Engaging the board to act on completion
DALLAS — Boards of trustees are increasingly interested in looking at performance outcomes data. But what happens next? Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts – Website
Apprenticeship task force to submit recommendations in May
DALLAS — A presidential task force that has for the past several months been looking at ways to improve apprenticeships is expected to send recommendations to the White House by mid May, and the U.S….
A second chance for people in prison
It’s fitting that April is both Community College and Second Chance month, a time to celebrate and renew our commitment to helping people in prison reenter society. Christal Albrecht and Daniel J. PhelanChristal Albrecht is…
Appropriators take a deeper look at apprenticeships
As apprenticeships appear to gain steam as a job-training model, House appropriators want to ensure that there are accountability parameters for apprenticeship programs that could be eligible for federal funding. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by…
Judge deals big setback to Trump on Dreamers program
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration must resume a program that has shielded hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation but gave it 90 days to restate its arguments before his…