…and Education for All
Community colleges’ efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), launched or ramped up in many cases during the “racial reckoning” that swept across the U.S. after the murder of George Floyd in 2020, have…
Government
Follow-up on A-B Tech, North Carolina
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College won’t open for classes until at least October 14 as the college and the entire North Carolina community and region continue to recover in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Helene. A-B…
Washington Watch: GAO details FAFSA missteps, mismanagement
The Government Accountability Office (GAO), the watchdog for federal agencies, last week released two new reports on the troubled rollout of the 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and coordination and leadership shortcomings…
Q&A: Young people and higher ed
The mission of Young Invincibles (YI) is to amplify the voices of young adults in the political process and expand economic opportunity for their generation. We asked Executive Director Kristin McGuire about the higher education…
Purveyors of apprenticeships?
As of 2023, 541 community or technical colleges were registered apprenticeship “sponsors,” meaning they officially administered and operated apprenticeship programs. However, only 208 of these colleges had an active apprentice. Therein lies the rub in…
State efforts provide models for Workforce Pell
As the push to extend Pell Grant eligibility to include quality short-term education training programs continues, some community college leaders say Exhibit A for federal legislators considering Workforce Pell legislation should be how much state…
ED awards grants to Developing HSIs
The U.S. Education Department (ED) will award nearly $14 million to about two dozen public two-year institutions designated as Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Through ED’s Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions program, 49 higher education institutions — including 23…
Reporter’s notebook
Pitching scholarships for students studying mental/behavioral health Senate bill aims to grow AmeriCorps programs Reauthorizing CCAMPIS to help parent students Pitching scholarships for students studying mental/behavioral health A bipartisan House bill introduced last week would…
DataPoints: Are states meeting their Perkins V goals?
Congress made accountability for results a central focus of Perkins V (aka the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act), setting out new performance requirements for states and local programs. Signed into…
Snapshots
Photos of member institutions of the American Association of Community Colleges. U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona gets a first-hand look at the nursing program at Ivy Tech Community College’s Valparaiso campus. The Indiana college was among…