Workforce Development

Workforce advisory board begins discussions

A blue-ribbon workforce advisory board addressed a wide range of issues at its first meeting in Washington, D.C., including raising the profile of good-paying jobs in career and technical fields, emphasizing skills development rather than…


Salaries prove a college’s value

Community college leaders know anecdotally that former students can expect a big boost in salary after they complete, but getting comprehensive data is challenging. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts – Website


A big DEAL for little Rhody and community colleges

Rhode Island is now home to one of the most significant experiments to align education and workforce development that will reap benefits for college students, employers and the digital economy. Meghan Hughes and Julian AlssidMeghan…


Cultivating the next generation of workforce leaders

Editor’s note: This article is provided by the National Council for Workforce Education (NCWE), an affiliated council of the American Association of Community Colleges.​ All sectors of business and industry in the United States struggle to…


Stronger bonds and new services

Over three intense days during Mentor-Connect’s 2019 Technical Assistance and Grant Writing Workshop, faculty, administrators and grant writers on teams from 22 community colleges began as strangers — sometimes people from the same campus who…


Workforce training at its core

Next time you think of Gettysburg, think apples. Tabitha WhissemoreTabitha Whissemore is a contributor to Community College Daily and managing editor of AACC's Community College Journal.More Posts – Website


Turning a pastime into a career

When Jason Burden enrolled at Salem Community College (SCC) in southern New Jersey after four years of military service, he had almost zero knowledge of how video games were built. Eric Neutuchis a freelance education…


Changing lives a continent away

Tanzania is one of the largest countries in Africa, but almost half of its 51.8 million people live on less than $1.90 per day, and 54 percent of its rural areas lack access to water. …


Bumphus to serve on national workforce advisory board

Walter G. Bumphus, president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges, has been appointed to serve on a blue-ribbon advisory board to a national council that is crafting a comprehensive national workforce strategy….


Developing Rhode Island into an IT hub

A collaboration that includes the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) aims to increase the number of information technology education and career opportunities in the state — and it could serve as a model that…