Four leadership strategies
When I began my career in 1978 as an adjunct faculty member and counselor at Cedar Valley College in southern Dallas County, Texas, higher education was profoundly different than it is today, but it was…
Funding
Funding roundup
A donation of drones and related equipment to Colorado’s Aims Community College has led to more work-study opportunities for students. Juniper Unmanned provided the equipment – valued at approximately $100,000 – to Aims in late…
Washington Watch: House committee approves key workforce bill
The House Committee on Education and Labor on Tuesday approved the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022 (WIOA), which would reauthorize the statute that governs the federal workforce development and adult basic education programs….
CTE: Challenges and strategies
Funding challenges and dated perceptions of skilled trade and technical careers continue to hamper efforts to develop and expand career and technical education (CTE) programs at the secondary and postsecondary levels, according to a new…
Building a solid foundation
When Sauk Valley Community College was founded in 1965, the Sauk Valley College Foundation was simultaneously established alongside it as an independent 501(c)(3). The college’s founders had the foresight to know that philanthropy would be…
Workforce development needs more support
To figure out how to develop a robust workforce pipeline, especially as businesses struggle post-Covid to find skilled workers, it makes sense to look at what’s preventing people from enrolling in programs that provide the…
Funding roundup
A $10,000 grant will power Bergen Community College’s environmental justice and sustainability program. The Infiniti Equity Fund, a renewable energy advocacy and development organization, selected Bergen for its inaugural grant available to New Jersey nonprofits….
Reporter’s notebook
Workforce development part of Commerce’s strategic planDOL training grants to help American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians Workforce development part of Commerce’s strategic plan The U.S. Commerce Department this week released its five-year strategic plan…
Washington Watch: A more-measured budget proposal
The Biden administration released a fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget on Monday that, while ambitious in some areas, is more measured than last year’s blueprint. The same can be said for the budget’s education and…
Biden to release FY 23 budget proposals today
The federal funding process for the next fiscal year (FY) will kick off today when the Biden administration releases its proposed budget for FY 23. Agencies will hold briefings today on their proposals for their…