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Photos submitted by member colleges of the American Association of Community Colleges. Prince George’s Community College student trustee Sade Davis introduced President Joe Biden, who visited the Maryland college on September 14 to deliver a…


How presidents on social media shape community college success

With the power to inform, connect, engage and make presidents more visible, social media emerged as a vital instrument in educational leaders’ arsenals. Through insights garnered from discussions with 10 community college presidents effectively leveraging…


Tapping powerful labor market information for agility

In 2020, after more than 200 years, the Remington Arms factory in Ilion, New York, shut its doors, and nearly 250 mainly skilled labor employees without college degrees were let go. But fortunately, Mohawk Valley…


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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…


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…