Technology

Focused on Hispanic student enrollments

Before the pandemic, Hispanic student enrollments were booming at undergraduate institutions across the country, including Northern Essex Community College (NECC) in Massachusetts. Nationally Hispanic enrollments increased by 48% from the fall of 2009 to the…


Reporter’s notebook

Florida college receives $15M to expand tech programs Mentors from a small-business STEM incubatorNew Jersey college freezes tuition for third year in a row Florida college receives $15M to expand tech programs Miami Dade College…


Washington Watch: Mulling gainful employment regs

The U.S. Education Department (ED) last Friday wrapped up the second of three week-long negotiated rulemaking (negreg) sessions of the Committee on Institutional and Programmatic Eligibility for the Title IV student aid programs. As previously…


Training that evolves with workplace needs

As dean of business and industry at Jackson State Community College in Jackson, Tennessee, Terri Messer has worked for many years to provide specialized training to students who want to work for local companies. And…


Reporter’s notebook

Info sessions on proposed new NSF directorateFlorida college receives ATD’s Leah Meyer Austin Award A bump in ESLN students Info sessions on proposed new NSF directorate  The National Science Foundation (NSF) is preparing to create a…


Seeing results from OER

At Portland Community College (PCC) in Oregon, the vital work of hundreds of employees providing students with an alternative to high-priced textbooks and classroom materials has paid off in a big way.  During the 2019-21…


Computer science meets liberal arts

Catering to the diverse needs and goals of learners, community colleges typically offer a broad array of academic options, including transfer, workforce, continuing education, and community and leisure learning programming. The term “transfer” refers to…


Making strides on pathways

Central Arizona College (CAC) is perhaps a perfect template for reform, considering its focus on Hispanic learners and large percentage of students (about 78%) receiving Pell grants. A few years ago, enrollees also endured significant…


Snapshots

Recent photos from member colleges of the American Association of Community Colleges. Send your photos to CCDaily. Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Pennsylvania), who serves on the House Education and Labor Committee, recently visited Butler County Community College…


Reporter’s notebook

Illinois launches new tool to review collegesFirst degree-granting apprenticeship in gaming industryRCC Street Team helps with company’s marketing, branding Illinois launches new tool to review colleges A new interactive tool launched on Thursday allows students…