Workforce Development

Reporter’s notebook

Community college students’ transit accessibilityNewly selected Cooke Undergraduate Transfer ScholarsHouse hearing on youth work opportunitiesA light-hearted way to share campus info about Covid measures Community college students’ transit accessibility The Seldin Haring-Smith Foundation has made…


A proven partnership in paramedics

A partnership between Pima Community College (Pima) in Tucson, Arizona, and the U.S. Air Force to expand a high-quality paramedic program and prepare airmen and women for careers in the military and in civilian life…


Opportunities through public-private partnerships

Union and business leaders detailed at a House hearing Thursday their struggles to find skilled workers for trade careers, noting that partnering with K-12 schools could help to at least make students and families aware…


Dashboard provides info on diversity, equity and inclusion

About 45.7% of students in the registered nursing program at Bossier Parrish Community College in Louisiana are White and 38.8% are African-American, according to a diversity dashboard the state two-year college system recently developed. Register…


Cardona: Don’t forget adult learners

The U.S. education secretary would like to see more innovative collaborations between K-12 and community colleges to serve students, including adult learners. For example, high schools with labs and other hands-on learning spaces could allow…



Reporter’s notebook

Cardona at House appropriations hearingNew student aid chief at EDBroadband discount for low-income familiesNew ED clearinghouse for re-opening campuses Cardona at House appropriations hearing U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona pitches the Biden administration’s fiscal year…



Using data for advocacy

Hours after President Joe Biden’s inauguration in January, he told nearly 1,000 new White House staff and political appointees, “We work for the people.” This was a pandemic-era ceremony in which faces appeared in small…