Technology

Reporter’s notebook

ED challenge program focuses on pre-apprenticeshipsState systems selected as overseeing entities for IRAPsMore on proposed digital learning and employment records ED challenge program focuses on pre-apprenticeships The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Thursday launched a…


Community colleges: Front and center in Biden’s plan

Dr. Jill Biden returned to the virtual campaign trail on Tuesday to champion her husband’s proposal to make community colleges a central component of his education, workforce and economic plans, if he is elected president….


A unique Army software training program

The Army Futures Command (AFC) — which is in charge of modernizing the Army — has selected the Austin Community College District (ACC) in Texas as home for a unique software development training program for soldiers as well as…



Mentor-Connect provides guidance for the next step

Applying for a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant may not be at the top of faculty to-do lists in the midst of dealing with Covid, but Mentor-Connect Principal Investigator Elaine Craft makes the case that…


Colleges join forces to train aerospace workers

Two community colleges – Red Rocks in Colorado and El Camino in California – have formed a partnership to create a Space, Cyber & Supply Talent Development Center. The partnership will support workforce training programs…


Equity at the ‘heart of everything’

The months-long pandemic has exacerbated the challenges facing many community college students, but it has yielded some areas of promise in helping students succeed. During a webinar on advocating equity last Thursday with leaders of…


Americans prefer short-term learning

There’s a widely held assumption that Americans struggling with economic hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to turn to a community college for retraining. That theory seems to have support in…


Reporter’s notebook

New Jersey governor proposes more cutsDrone training programs that are flying highExceptional programs that help Latino studentsLACCD buys more tech devices for studentsGoogle apprenticeships in CaliforniaTool and die apprenticeships in Tennessee New Jersey governor proposes…


ED issues final distance learning regs

The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Monday issued final rules that it says govern distance learning in higher education and promote educational innovation to better serve the needs of an increasingly diverse population of students….