San Antonio takes the Prize
San Antonio College (SAC), which is one of five colleges in the Alamo Colleges District in Texas, is the winner of the 2021 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. When SAC President Robert Vela was…
Technology
Opening STEM doors for women of color
As part of an ongoing effort to boost the number of women and students of color pursuing STEM-related careers, MiraCosta College has teamed with the University of California, Irvine on an initiative to open more…
Diving into data to increase ROI
Howard Community College (HCC) in Maryland dove into its data to understand just where they were investing money and time and what the return on those investments was. HCC President Kathleen Hetherington was joined by…
Keeping up with cloud-computing needs
Rapid changes in technology make it imperative that community colleges remain in close contact with business and industry. Takes cloud computing, for example. A few years ago, the required skills and workforce needs in cloud…
Reporter’s notebook
ED promotes new federal program for tech discountResearching student parents’ experiences at community collegesPreparing disconnected youths for apprenticeshipsCollege-educated adults on federal assistance ED promotes new federal program for tech discount The U.S. Education Department on…
Finalists selected for Community College Innovation Challenge
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), in partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF), on Tuesday announced the 12 teams to advance to the final round of the Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC). The competition aims to strengthen entrepreneurial thinking…
Reporter’s notebook
Community college students’ transit accessibilityNewly selected Cooke Undergraduate Transfer ScholarsHouse hearing on youth work opportunitiesA light-hearted way to share campus info about Covid measures Community college students’ transit accessibility The Seldin Haring-Smith Foundation has made…
A proven partnership in paramedics
A partnership between Pima Community College (Pima) in Tucson, Arizona, and the U.S. Air Force to expand a high-quality paramedic program and prepare airmen and women for careers in the military and in civilian life…
Opportunities through public-private partnerships
Union and business leaders detailed at a House hearing Thursday their struggles to find skilled workers for trade careers, noting that partnering with K-12 schools could help to at least make students and families aware…
Dashboard provides info on diversity, equity and inclusion
About 45.7% of students in the registered nursing program at Bossier Parrish Community College in Louisiana are White and 38.8% are African-American, according to a diversity dashboard the state two-year college system recently developed. Register…