This spring, a student named Cedric graduated from Forsyth Technical Community College (North Carolina) with his associate degree in nursing. He’d stopped out once before finishing it, and he came back through NC Reconnect, the…
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is among a group of higher education organizations supporting a Senate bill that they say is “one of the most significant opportunities in decades” to modernize the nation’s…
A new national survey finds that two-year colleges receive higher positive ratings than four-year institutions on six of seven attributes measured, from access to workforce preparation. Traditionally, community colleges have done better in public opinion…
For more than a century, community colleges have responded to major economic shifts, continually redefining their role in preparing America’s workforce. They expanded during industrialization, adapted to the rise of advanced manufacturing, embraced the information…
AACC’s new executive leadership structure MATCH Act gets bipartisan support Survey: AI use in education outpaces training AACC’s new executive leadership structure The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has redesigned its executive leadership structure…
Jessie Schook remembers when communication gaps across the Kentucky Community & Technical College System’s (KCTCS) campuses made it hard to track local industry demands. Multiple siloed conversations meant, for example, a pitch for a customized…
When Andrew King applied to the MentorLinks program in 2024, he sought help adding course-based undergraduate research experiences to biology courses at Lehigh Carbon Community College (LCCC). King, the Pennsylvania college’s interim dean of science,…
Corey Homer, president of Sussex County Community College (New Jersey), had been thinking about the success of the drone training program at nearby Warren County Community College – considering how his students could benefit from such…
Twelve teams of community college students from across the United States spent months using creative thinking and classroom learning to design innovations to solve real-world problems. On June 9, they had the opportunity to showcase…
Bob Johansen There is no other choice for community college leaders than to be forward-thinking. Bob Johansen, a distinguished fellow with the Institute for the Future. will discuss how forward-thinking leaders can ensure their colleges…