Four community colleges will receive 2021 IDEAS (Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students) grants to help build and strengthen their study abroad programming. Centralia and Green River colleges in Washington, Northern Virginia Community…
First Lady Jill Biden praised that leadership at Michigan’s Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) in helping students and community members get vaccinated against Covid during a tour of a campus pop-up clinic on Thursday. Dr….
As Congress begins to look at revamping the nation’s main workforce development legislation, members of a House workforce investment subcommittee on Thursday offered a glimpse of their broad goals, with Democrats leaning toward more funding…
Louise Petruzzella credits MentorLinks – the program development initiative of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) – with a recent $426,886 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and her leadership of three distinct…
Community colleges continue to garner strong public support overall, but especially when it comes to their role in workforce development and how efficient they are, according to an annual survey by New America. Eight of…
ED hearings on potential new regsSeeking free public transportation for students in L.A.Dash for Cash targets completing the FAFSAPartnership with Uber Eats for student-athletes ED hearings on potential new regs The U.S. Education Department will hold…
Though community colleges have increased their ability to prepare workers for STEM-related fields through various programs and partnerships, they are still underused and “unidentified” resources to strengthen the country’s STEM workforce, according to the president…
Pennsylvania’s Reading Area Community College (RACC) has received $300,000 from the Neag Foundation to support nursing students. Over the next two years, the college will use the award to fund scholarships for students enrolled in…
To promote STEM education (science, technology, engineering and math), several federal agencies — including the U.S. Education Department — recently announced a few STEM-related funding opportunities. In April, ED released two notices for fiscal year…
With the release last week of most of the third and likely final round of Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) allocations, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is focusing on a variety of…