Technology

Filling the advanced manufacturing skills gap

Kevin Patino, a second-year student at Richland College in Dallas County Community College District in Texas, walked by the advanced manufacturing lab on campus one day and immediately “fell in love” with the state-of-the-art, gleaming…


Using 3D printers — in an accounting class

The skills needed for accounting and 3D printing originate in opposite sides of the brain. Erik Cassanois an editorial specialist at Cuyahoga Community College in Ohio.More Posts


Hopeful signs amid skilled technical workforce challenges

First the good news: Connecticut offers proof that it is possible to improve attitudes about manufacturing careers and increase enrollments in advanced technology programs. Madeline PattonMadeline Patton is an education writer based in Ohio.More Posts


Tool helps veterans earn credits for their experience

CyberWatch West’s “crosswalk” tool for military occupation specialties (MOS) helps two-year colleges more systematically match veterans’ military job experiences with IT and cybersecurity courses. Madeline PattonMadeline Patton is an education writer based in Ohio.More Posts


Technology keeps ATE participants connected

For years, Dan Horine, an automated manufacturing instructor at Virginia Western Community College, has searched for more affordable equipment to teach mechatronics in high schools. Madeline PattonMadeline Patton is an education writer based in Ohio.More…



A smoother transfer path for computer science

Community colleges are key to increasing diversity in technology, yet transfer rates in computer science (CS) tend to lag compared to other programs. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts – Website


Innovation is key at new workforce centers

The newly renovated Applied Technology and Trades Center at Aims Community College in Colorado integrates learning into the actual walls of the building. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts – Website


No chips on their shoulders

Clint Day is one of those students who hopes to walk out of Richland College (Texas) with an associate degree and straight into a full-time job. Debra DennisDebra Dennis is the senior news manager at…


Social media for college presidents

By now, your marketing and communication teams have almost surely embraced social media as the spear-point of low-cost, high-touch targeted outreach to potential students. What’s more, cultivating an online community of students and college staff…