Unlocking rural potential
NEW ORLEANS — A year ago, Tyson Foods closed a meat-processing facility in Emporia, Kansas, laying off 800 employees in a community of 24,000. Flint Hills Technical College (FHTC), which was part of a local…
Funding
Washington Watch: Senate looks for path forward for funding bills
It looks like the Senate will have a tight squeeze to pass an appropriations package that includes funding for education and workforce development programs before a funding extension expires on Friday night. As of Thursday…
Funding roundup
New Jersey’s Hudson County Community College (HCCC) will use a $150,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to expand its HCCC Gateway to Innovation (GTI) Program by creating paid, work-based learning opportunities. Through…
Approps package includes $170M in earmarks for community colleges
More than 110 community colleges across the country would receive thousands of dollars for special projects through the fiscal year 2026 appropriations package passed by the House last week. Lawmakers would send more than $170…
Reporter’s notebook
1/3 toward 1M apprentices DOL training grants to help homeless veterans 1/3 toward 1M apprentices The nation is about a third of the way toward President Donald Trump’s goal to reach 1 million active apprenticeships,…
House passes FY26 funding package
As expected, the House passed a bipartisan appropriations package late Thursday for the current fiscal year that includes mostly status quo funding for key education and workforce development programs of interest to community colleges. The…
Navigating millage campaigns: A strategic guide for community colleges
Community colleges across the country need stable funding to serve their students. Many get this funding through millage votes, where local taxpayers decide whether to support their community college with property tax revenue. This article…
Washington Watch: Federal judge blocks TRIO grant cancellations
A U.S. district judge on Friday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s cancellation and discontinuation of more than 100 TRIO grants during the fiscal year 2025 cycle. Over last summer and fall, several…
Funding roundup
LaGuardia Community College will receive nearly $2 million from the U.S. Education Department’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) to launch the LaGuardia Workforce Success Engine for Pell-Eligible Pathways. LaGuardia will use the…
Reporter’s notebook
Update on transition of programs from ED to DOL Texas college signs $16M program agreement with Army South Carolina college partners with Boeing on training Construction trades training to help rebuild after L.A. fires Fed…