Meal scholarship recipients attain higher GPAsNew Jersey community colleges seek increase in state fundingPennsylvania college joins STEM learning networkAlabama college offers free welding workshop for womenFree tuition for first year at Illinois college’s new tech…
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently awarded $32.8 million in grants to support 213 humanities projects. On the list are a few community colleges that received NEH Humanities Initiatives grants. Capital Community College…
Washington Watch is produced by the AACC office of government relations and policy analysis. Yesterday, Congress released a massive 5,000+ page bill encompassing appropriations for the entire federal government for the remainder of the fiscal…
Congress on Sunday reached a deal on the long-awaited pandemic relief funding as the omnibus spending bill to keep the government running. The $900 billion pandemic funding bill will be combined with the $1.4 trillion…
Covid and its effects on healthcare, the economy, workforce development and much more was the main focus for the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) this year. As a result, the articles in CCDaily zeroed…
The Colorado Community College System (CCCS) will use a $1 million grant from the Colorado Health Foundation to reshape law enforcement training. CCCS’s law enforcement academy curriculum and training project team will review current course…
Students who received Pell grants for short-term training programs were more likely to enroll at a postsecondary institution and complete a program, according to a new report from the U.S. Education Department (ED). In 2011,…
Upcoming events Answer the call for proposalsIn 2021, in place of the annual convention, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) will offer two options for professional development: AACC Live and AACC Digital. AACC Live…
Author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced on Tuesday that she is giving away nearly $4.2 billion to 384 organizations, including about a dozen community colleges, to help communities most in need due to the effects…
Mentor-Connect leaders welcomed 23 college teams from 13 states as they launched support of a ninth cohort of mentee colleges during a virtual meeting this month. “I applaud your decision to be here, and to…