Reviving TAACCCT
House Ways and Means Committee Democrats have introduced a bill that would revive a well-regarded job training program created during the Great Recession that used consortia — led by community colleges — to drive regional…
Funding
Funding roundup
The Community College Baccalaureate Association (CCBA), with a $150,000 grant from ECMC Foundation, will work to set the standard for community college baccalaureate (CCB) degree development and implementation. The organization will identify all CCB degree programs…
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Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh praises community colleges in Cedar RapidsKWWLDuring a visit to Kirkwood Community College in Iowa, U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said he’s heard the rhetoric about people not coming back to…
Fostering STEM innovations
The creativity and energy of community college students were evident throughout the showcases of the 2021 Community College Innovation Challenge held on Wednesday. During the virtual sessions, the finalist teams described the innovations they designed…
Tapping Covid rescue and recovery funds
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Thursday heard from a handful of college and university leaders about their institutions’ response to the pandemic, from expanding emergency help to students, to preparing for…
Blunt on the president’s free community college plan
Some Senate appropriators are questioning President Joe Biden’s plan to offer free community college, especially when Pell grants typically cover tuition and fees for those who qualify for them. They also wonder why the administration…
MacKenzie Scott gifts an additional $2.7B
Billionaire author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott on Tuesday announced that she is giving $2.7 billion in unrestricted grants to 287 nonprofit organizations – including 21 community colleges and several community college-related groups – working in…
Funding roundup
Iḷisaġvik College and its Pre-College Summer Camp program received a $10,000 contribution from GCI, Alaska’s largest telecommunications company. The donation ensures students have access to a learning environment that perpetuates and strengthens Iñupiat culture, language…
‘Community colleges need to be at the table’
U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh on Wednesday pitched to House members the key pillars of President Joe Biden’s broad-reaching and pricey plan to revamp the economy, upskill workers, raise equity and more. Community colleges would…
Reporter’s notebook
Participate in the U.S. Education Department’s Title IV Institutional Survey The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Wednesday will start emailing to financial aid administrators a survey on federal student aid to help ED provide the…