The 2024-2025 Fulbright U.S. Scholar competition opened recently. It closes September 15. It was 20 years ago in fall 2003 that I was honored to participate in this program as a community college professor. The experience has greatly…
Commerce Department awards tech grants to MSIs Ramping up the semiconductor workforce Commerce Department awards tech grants to MSIs The Biden administration on Monday announced that 61 minority-serving institutions, including about a dozen community colleges,…
As the fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations process gets underway in Congress, community colleges have the opportunity to request federal dollars for specific projects. Many senate offices have begun accepting “congressionally directed spending (CDS)” requests…
Photos from AACC-member colleges. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Oregon)(center), a community college alumna and a senior member of the House Education and the Workforce’s Higher Education Subcommittee, visited Oregon’s Tillamook Bay Community College to learn about…
The two faculty members on South Arkansas Community College’s (SouthArk) MentorLinks team had high expectations of their MentorLinks mentor Elizabeth Hawthorne based on the positive things they had heard about her from information technology instructors…
Workforce programs at community colleges must be tied to local employment needs. That means forging partnerships in the community with employers and workforce development board. Melanie Anderson, executive vice president of the National Association of…
Palm Beach State College (PBSC) recently unveiled the newly named Oristano Center for Innovation in Health Sciences at the Florida college’s Palm Beach Gardens campus. The naming follows a $1.7 million gift to the Foundation…
Third round of Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants ATD gives its top honor to Ohio college Getting the word out More data needed on students with disabilities in SSS program Third round of Strengthening Community…
Schools, districts or states fund 78% of dual-enrollment programs in the U.S., according to a recent survey by the U.S. Education Department. The student or their families help foot the bill in 42% of the…
Legislature removes disincentive for community colleges’ online classes Sheridan Press In Wyoming, distance education and in-person classes will soon be treated equally when it comes to how the state reimburses community colleges for the courses…