The Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC) is looking for ideas to address real-world problems. The national program is designed to enable community college students to discover and demonstrate their capacity to use science, technology,…
Four colleges, university create dual-enrollment programIT association to form CTE advisory council Four colleges, university create dual-enrollment program Four western Pennsylvania community colleges and a private four-year university are partnering to allow students from the…
Continuing with its recent giving to the college, SC Johnson will donate $5.5 million to Gateway Technical College (Wisconsin) to create a STEM pathway program for women and people of color who have historically been…
Palm Beach State College (PBSC) in Florida will use a $75,000 Lockheed Martin grant to help students in the college’s electrical power technology program navigate challenges created by the coronavirus pandemic. Through the grant, 24…
Community college libraries have long provided online resources – not just learning materials, but also online access to librarians and staff through chatbots and video conferencing. Those resources have expanded during the pandemic, as has…
A collaborative project among a group of New Mexico colleges aims to tackle a broad range of thorny issues facing higher education – from outdated data management and gaps in tech staffing, to trimming inefficiencies through…
Linnie S. Carter and Jennifer Boyd This article is part of a bimonthly series provided by the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations, an affiliated council of the American Association of Community Colleges. Social media in…
Expect fewer employees working in corporate offices and more virtual learning and training for workers, which will require employees to be more nimble to changing work environments. That’s what a panel of officials from several…
The pandemic, economic collapse, civil unrest, social injustice and growing incidents of police brutality are particularly personal for community colleges and their leaders. They see the effects of each one of those crises on their…
Students paying out of pocket cover a large chunk (42%) of the cost of noncredit workforce development programs offered at community colleges, according to preliminary findings from an ongoing survey by Opportunity America and Lumina…