Technology

12 student teams named 2026 CCIC finalists

The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), in partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF), on Tuesday announced the 12 finalist teams selected to advance to the final round of the Community College Innovation Challenge…





Keep eLearning weird

If you’ve experienced a workplace printer malfunction or become a little too irritated when a coworker didn’t return a stapler, scenes from the 1999 movie “Office Space” likely flashed through your mind. The snarky classic,…


Expanding into drone security training

A New Jersey community college known for its drone training is adding drone security to its program. Warren County Community College is enhancing its drone development and piloting curriculum with one of the nation’s first…


Snapshots

Photos from institutional members of the American Association of Community Colleges. College of DuPage President Muddassir Siddiqi (at podium) welcomes Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) (far right) and Rep. Sean Casten (D-Illinois) (left of Siddiqi) to the…


Strategy before technology

Across higher education, artificial intelligence (AI) is already present in classrooms, advising centers and students’ everyday lives. However, many learners have uneven experiences. In one course, the faculty encourages students to use AI tools to…


Fostering student AI fluency for career readiness

“You go ’round and around itYou go over and underI go through…” Those lines from the song “I Go Through” by O.A.R. feel uncomfortably familiar in higher education right now. Artificial intelligence (AI) did not…


Leadership in the age of complexity

Higher education leaders often describe today’s environment as “complicated.” But complicated systems can be managed with expertise, hierarchy and careful planning. What we are facing now is different. We are leading in systems that are…