Fingers crossed about enrollments
As fall enrollment figures begin to gel, a small but growing number of community colleges are reporting a slight uptick in enrollments compared to last year, but still far below the numbers they had before…
Funding
Bye-bye, IRAPs
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on Friday announced a final rule to rescind the Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Program, ending a fledgling effort to expand apprenticeships that was marred in politics from the start. DOL said…
Reporter’s notebook
SUNY Orange joins Amazon Career ChoiceRobots, automation and educationLyft discounts at Harper CollegeDOL grants to help coal-mining areas SUNY Orange joins Amazon Career Choice SUNY Orange is the latest community college in the State University…
Funding roundup
Tidewater Community College (TCC) business professor Peter Shaw retired from teaching this year, but not before establishing a scholarship at TCC with a $10,000 gift. The Business Pathway Scholarship has already helped five students at…
Funding roundup
Tulsa Community College (TCC) held a dedication in July of the new A.R. and Marylouise Tandy Student Success Center at the TCC Metro Campus, made possible by a $2.1 million gift from the A.R. and…
Funding roundup
Sacramento City College (SCC) has received a $1 million gift from Christopher and Dana Daubert to support management of the Gregory Kondos Gallery, which houses a multi-million dollar art collection. The gift — the largest…
FEMA and other bureaucracies
Editor’s note: This article is an excerpt from the book Overcoming Disaster: What Colleges Learned from Catastrophe and Recovery (Rowman & Littlefield), which provides lessons learned from the experiences of three community colleges — Lone…
$45M in SCCTG funding awarded to 13 colleges
Thirteen community colleges will receive a total of $45 million via the second round of funding for the Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants program, which aims to help two-year colleges equitably increase access to educational…
Reporter’s notebook
Houston aims to develop a resilient communityA record year for Wake Tech’s fundraisingIn NYC, demand grows for ESLPromise continues to expand in San Diego Houston aims to develop a resilient community On the fifth anniversary…
$1B Build Back Better Regional Challenge projects include community college partners
The Biden administration on Friday announced the 21 selected regional economic development projects that will receive funding through the $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge. Most of the projects include state community college systems…