Northeastern Technical College (NETC) serves three counties in South Carolina with rural areas where internet access is either not available or too expensive. When the pandemic hit in spring 2020 and the campus’ buildings closed…
To promote STEM education (science, technology, engineering and math), several federal agencies — including the U.S. Education Department — recently announced a few STEM-related funding opportunities. In April, ED released two notices for fiscal year…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…