The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee is asking U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to withdraw the Reimagine Workforce Preparation (RWP) grant competition, which would provide state workforce agencies with funding for short-term programming,…
The U.S. Department of Education recently awarded millions of dollars in Student Support Services (SSS) program grants to several community colleges. The grants are meant to help colleges provide opportunities for academic development, assist students…
Legislators have largely left Washington, D.C., for the national political conventions and the traditional August recess, but the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and other advocacy groups remain ever-focused on a possible new stimulus…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Wednesday announced new grants that colleges and universities with the greatest unmet need related to COVID-19 can use for an array of purposes, including improved disease prevention and distance…
In early March, Northland Pioneer College (NPC) was well into its budget planning process for the 2021 fiscal year. Leaders were getting ready to present a preliminary budget analysis to the governing board that month,…
Holyoke Community College (HCC) will use a $1.89 million federal grant to help families affected by opioid use. The funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will enhance the Massachusetts college’s existing…
In response to a breakdown in negotiations over spending legislation related to the pandemic, national and state community college leaders are urging expeditious enactment of a supplemental appropriations bill. A letter encouraging action, signed by…
NYC employers team to hire 100,000 workers by 2030Wyoming governor allocates grants for adult learnersFoundation seeks proposals for higher ed learning in prisonA Green Ribbon for their green thumbsArkansas college to offer military science and…
Community colleges with educational programs at correctional facilities have had to deal with some extra challenges serving students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prisons don’t generally give inmates access to the internet, and many have become…
Columbia State Community College’s medical laboratory technology (MLT) program can provide more hands-on learning opportunities thanks to a $1,000 Laboratory Science Program Director Educational grant from the American Society for Clinical Pathology. The funding will…