Snapshots
Photos submitted by member colleges of the American Association of Community Colleges. Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina (second from left), chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, this week visited Forsyth Technical…
Technology
Testing their mettle — and building confidence
For Dallas College student Jesse Serrano, competing in the SkillsUSA competitions was the hardest challenge he’s ever experienced. But whatever his future career as a video game designer brings, he’s confident he’ll be well prepared…
HVAC is back at Lee College, thanks to alumnus
Chris Avirett recalls the moment he decided it was time to get an education. He was in the middle of serving a 15-year sentence in a Texas prison. “I was at the T.L. Roach Unit…
Summer research prepares transfer students for STEM
Community college students Saray Angulo and Arai Leyva are participating in their first research activities as part of California State University, Fullerton’s Project RAISE Undergraduate Research Experience. Both students work alongside faculty mentors on projects…
The next decade of distance learning will be awesome!
Editor’s note: The Instructional Technology Council (ITC) concludes its series of articles focusing on the anticipated impact of distance learning over the next 10 years. For the past six months, the ITC has provided a…
DataPoints: Jobs and exposure to AI
What jobs, industries and skill sets is artificial intelligence (AI) mostly likely to affect? That’s still up in the air, but a new study indicates areas that require analytical skills are at the highest risk…
It’s about more than the salary
With the national student debt level surpassing $1.75 trillion, the post-Covid return of loan repayments and the recent Supreme Court ruling on debt forgiveness, student debt has been a hot topic in the news in…
Solving the mystery of tech support
Community College tech support professionals deal with solving mysteries on a daily basis. Some calls and emails can be an open-and-shut case (Have you turned it off and on?), but others need some detective work…
Reporter’s notebook
House bill would OK efforts to reach adult learners Developing a talent pool for semiconductor industry Expanding teacher apprenticeships House bill would OK efforts to reach adult learners House lawmakers have introduced bipartisan legislation to…
Upskilling the instructional design skills of faculty
The pandemic elevated instructional design to perhaps the most sought-after skill in higher education as colleges struggled to put vast numbers of courses online quickly. Instructional designers, however, are a limited commodity at many colleges,…