Helping small businesses and entrepreneurs
House lawmakers on Thursday heard about how community colleges are helping to prepare workers sought by small businesses or to become self-employed — and they also had a chance to ask what Congress can do…
Funding
Washington Watch: Workforce training programs added to BBB Act
The latest incarnation of the House’s Build Back Better Act (BBB), released on Wednesday, adds two major community college-led workforce education programs. Taken together, these programs would award grants totaling $6.1 billion over the next…
Six ZIP codes, endless impact
A deep dive into data helped officials at Florida’s Broward College understand who they were reaching and, more importantly, who they weren’t. It led to a transformative program serving Broward County – a program that…
Funding roundup
Long Beach City College’s (LBCC’s) automotive technology program got a boost with a $10,000 donation from the Greater Los Angeles New Car Dealers Association. The college will use the donation to help automotive technology students…
Washington Watch: Big gains at stake
Much is at stake for community colleges as Democratic leaders maneuver this week to pass the revised Build Back Better (BBB) plan. Even without America’s College Promise, the legislation contains a bevy of provisions that…
Partnering to close the cybersecurity workforce gap
A new partnership – and big investment from Microsoft – will work to meet the nation’s demand for skilled cybersecurity professionals. For every two cybersecurity jobs filled in the United States, there’s a third job…
Washington Watch: HEERF update and survey request
Although the attention of federal higher education policymakers has shifted to other issues, waiting in the wings for vigorous public scrutiny is an accounting of how higher education institutions have used Higher Education Emergency Relief…
Bringing underrepresented students into STEM
Part of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) mission is “to recruit, retain and develop a diverse, high-performing workforce that draws from all segments of society and values fairness, diversity, and inclusion to promote the progress…
Reporter’s notebook
Eyeing the airline workforceSpeaking of pipelines… Va. college extends its free tuition program Eyeing the airline workforce The pandemic has exacerbated concerns about workforce pipelines for jobs in the aviation industry, according to a new…
Funding roundup
Passaic County Community College (PCCC) will use a $7,500 grant from Spencer Savings Bank to support low-income, students of color seeking higher education. The grant will specifically help students in the New Jersey college’s Student…