Workforce Development

Public Works Academy to provide skills for local jobs

Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) has teamed up with local municipalities on a Public Works Academy that will give people in-demand skills – and guaranteed interviews for open jobs. David Murrayis director of communications at…


Disaster mitigation through job training

Dealing with the fallout from both natural and man-made disasters is not something new for the administration, employees and students at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (MGCCC). The college has dealt with those perils and…


Trump still unclear about community colleges

The plan was for President Donald Trump to promote his $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan during his speech Thursday in Richfield, Ohio. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts – Website


Wisc. college creating degree programs for Foxconn jobs

Gateway Technical College in Wisconsin is finalizing two new degree programs to train workers for the planned Foxconn electronics manufacturing complex. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be…


A path to a career in medicine

Daryll Dykes’ love of medicine started as a small child, growing up in Syracuse, New York. His mother was a nurse, and he loved visiting her at work. He dreamed of a career in medicine….


Washington Watch: Good news in final funding bill

Congress has agreed to a 2,232-page, Fiscal year 2018 (FY18) omnibus appropriations bill that increases funding for nearly every program of significance to community colleges, many by substantial amounts. Jim HermesJim Hermes is associate vice…


Venturing into bachelor’s degrees

Three Ohio community colleges this week were approved to be the first in the state to offer select bachelor’s degrees. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American Association of Community Colleges.More Posts – Website


Preparing inmates for the workforce

Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana takes its mission to educate everyone in the community seriously: Several of its campuses are carrying out training programs to help prison inmates gain workforce skills so they can…


Acting on a passion for food and to help others

Editor’s note: This article begins a series on the three recipients of the 2018 American Association of Community Colleges Alumni Awards, which will be presented May 1 at the AACC Annual Convention in Dallas. Tabitha…


The broad, long-term impact of a TAACCCT grant

When Richland College in Texas received a $3.25 million Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant from the U.S. Department of Labor in September 2014, the potential impact on local industry was…