With the pandemic years almost completely behind us, community colleges across the country now have several new challenges to work on. The large drop in student enrollment is the first. This began before the pandemic…
For Michael Heindl, president of Northwest Mississippi Community College (NWCC), opportunity knocked when a major new mall at the Mississippi-Tennessee border, the Tanger Outlets Southaven, opened in 2015 and began pulling shoppers and then retailers…
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-North Carolina) will again head the House committee in charge of overseeing education and workforce issues. The House Steering Committee on Monday selected Foxx to lead the House Committee on Education and…
Editor’s note: CC Daily today launches a new feature that provides briefs on various recently announced community college partnerships with business and industry, other higher education institutions and more. The goal is to share information…
Flexible. That word has long been associated with community colleges. Today, I hear and talk about flexibility more than ever before. The early days of the pandemic brought about swift change for many of us….
In the Green Mountain State, we are proud to have one of the highest high school graduation rates in the country. On the flip side, Vermont also has one of the lowest college-going rates. At…
Reporting structures vary widely among institutions and change over time. According to the annual ITC survey, distance learning reporting structures shifted from “technology” to “academics” ending up with 80% of respondents indicating that they report…
One of the most important outcomes of attending the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Commission Meetings this fall was hearing directly from college leaders about their biggest challenges. These issues are not only impacting…
Los Angeles district pilots teaching certain classes in Spanish A final push to get short-term Pell done this year Strengthening student support services Research on math, CTE efforts in Virginia Los Angeles district pilots teaching…
New research by the Harvard Business School in partnership with the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) shows a significant disconnect between community colleges and business and industry when it comes to collaborating on workforce…