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A healthy dose of sibling rivalry keeps Ethan and Caleb Cotten at the top of their game. Laura Frenchis coordinator of public information at Ozarks Technical Community College in Missouri.More Posts
A healthy dose of sibling rivalry keeps Ethan and Caleb Cotten at the top of their game. Laura Frenchis coordinator of public information at Ozarks Technical Community College in Missouri.More Posts
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…
A White House effort to encourage companies to foster work-based learning opportunities that lead to jobs has recruited more businesses since it started this summer, with pledges of creating millions of new jobs. Matthew DembickiMatthew…
There are several emerging trends on Capitol Hill that are beneficial to community colleges — and are not expected to change drastically regardless of which party holds control of Congress next January. John Colbert /…
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…
Quality work-based learning experiences for disadvantaged high school students that cultivate positive relationships with adults can shape job quality later in their lives, according to a new study. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community College Daily…
Community college workforce programs are all about responding to local labor markets and training people for new jobs. Ellie Ashford / Matthew DembickiEllie Ashford is an associate editor and Matthew Dembicki is editor of CCDaily.More…
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
The last of the four rounds of the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College to Career Training (TAACCCT) grants wrapped up in September. Jim HermesJim Hermes is associate vice president of government relations at the…