Congressional leaders and the Trump administration this week struck a deal to raise federal spending caps and suspend the debt ceiling for the next two years. Jim HermesJim Hermes is associate vice president of government…
Students attending three Lamar State colleges in Texas will see their tuition and fees drop by an average of 25 percent (or $760 per semester) for the 2019-20 school year after state lawmakers last month…
In Massachusetts, Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) and Quinsigamond Community College (QCC) have each received state grants of $296,904 to provide free classes for early childhood education professionals and training to help local childcare facilities….
Higher education leaders in Alaska are working to convince legislators to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposal to slash the state’s higher education budget. The cuts would devastate community college programs, as well as four-year and…
Minnesota’s Northland Community and Technical College, along with five other partner agencies, has received a $7 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help start the National Center for Autonomous Technologies (NCAT) at the college’s…
A $90,000 FARO measurement tool gifted to Butler County Community College (BC3) in Pennsylvania will enhance a distinctive and nationally known metrology program whose graduates have the highest potential starting salaries among the college’s occupational…
Kentucky’s Gateway Community and Technical College will create an accelerated lineworker certificate program using a $32,315 grant from the Duke Energy Foundation. The 16-credit-hour program will incorporate the college’s energy technology curriculum with expansive training…
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on Monday released its proposal for a new apprenticeship structure that would run in tandem with its registered apprenticeship program. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community College Daily and serves…
In Wisconsin, Madison Area Technical College’s Innovation Grant program provided $26,999 to buy Hero, a simulation model dog used by veterinary technician students. Students can draw blood, insert a breathing tube or catheter and stop…
Massachusetts’ Holyoke Community College (HCC) is the beneficiary of a $1 million legacy gift. Former HCC instructor Elaine Marieb included the gift as part of her estate plan, money earmarked for HCC programs that support…