Cybercrime is a multi-billion dollar global industry and it grows exponentially each year. Tabitha WhissemoreTabitha Whissemore is a contributor to Community College Daily and managing editor of AACC's Community College Journal.More Posts – Website
Working with industry to determine the skills and breadth of knowledge that advanced technology employers will need technicians to have in three to five years is what two-year college educators leading Advanced Technological Education (ATE)…
Community college students had an unusual opportunity to share their opinions with policymakers recently when members of the National Science Board’s Task Force on the Skilled Technical Workforce held a “listening session.” Madeline PattonMadeline Patton…
It was a meeting on workforce issues, but the use of data threaded through many of the discussions at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s second annual National Workforce Conference on Tuesday. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits…
Enthusiastic sharing of participants’ work-in-progress projects is a distinguishing characteristic of the annual Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Principal Investigators Conference. Madeline PattonMadeline Patton is an education writer based in Ohio.More Posts
Community college educators who serve as principal investigators of Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) often instigate broader changes at their campuses while working on the STEM technician education innovations…
Mary Patton says she did not have any “career skills” when Barbara Taylor, the instructor of the networking course she took her first semester at Collin College in Texas, suggested attending an info session about…
Like many industries, the computing and information technology industry is expecting a significant influx of new jobs over the next few years, and it is turning to community colleges to help develop pipelines for entry-level…
Open educational resources (OER) not only save students money, they produce significant benefits in instruction and student learning experiences, according to a new study from Achieving the Dream (ATD). Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community…
A bill to reauthorize Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs includes a significant role for community colleges in aviation workforce training. Laurie Quarlesis a legislative resource associate at the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts