For more than 100 years, the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) has helped millions of high-achieving community college students reach their full potential. Last week, member students of PTK, which has 1,285 chapters including…
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will award a total of $40 million to community college-led partnerships to expand their training capacity through a new program. Individual community colleges may apply for Strengthening Community College…
Graduates of baccalaureate programs at community colleges in Washington state had higher earnings, especially in the first year, than graduates of regional public four-year universities in the state who earned degrees in the same fields,…
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) this week awarded $80.6 million in grants to help states improve and expand registered apprenticeship programs (RAPs). Building State Capacity to Expand Apprenticeship through Innovation grants would strengthen the…
The coronavirus pandemic has caused some community colleges and employers to temporarily suspend apprenticeship programs. Many of those programs, however, are going forward online or with accommodations to protect workers’ health. The bulk of apprenticeship…
As community colleges respond to the renewed calls for racial justice following the murder of George Floyd and the nationwide protests that followed, colleges’ chief diversity officers (CDOs) have taken on more high-profile roles. In…
President Trump on Friday signed an executive order requiring federal agencies to focus their hiring based on job seekers’ skills, rather than on whether they earned a college degree. The order, which was signed during…
As the uncertainty around the coronavirus pandemic continues, community colleges are making some tough calls when it comes to the 2020-2021 academic year, including suspending or scaling back sports. Sinclair Community College in Ohio was…
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has cosigned an amicus brief that will be filed in two cases brought by state attorneys general challenging the Trump administration’s controversial Title IX regulations. The brief was…
Compared to undergraduates at four-year higher education institutions, community college students who shifted to remote learning this spring due to the pandemic wanted to hear more from their college on academic advising, transfer services and…