Developing deeper local roots
Facing a likelihood that federal funding for education will see cuts, community college and K-12 schools plan to look more on local and state levels for support of efforts to better prepare students for college….
Workforce Development
A journey to the top
Lake Area Technical Institute (LATI) in South Dakota is the 2017 Aspen Prize winner, after being a finalist for the award every time since the first winner was announced. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits Community College…
Missouri’s community colleges to share training program
Missouri’s 12 community college systems are working together to train students for jobs offered by the state’s businesses. Associated PressCopyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten…
Poised for a booming construction industry
The construction technology lab area at the North Lake College West Campus in Texas is a bustling, warehouse-sized building teeming with students, practicing their skills in different areas of the program. Cesar Canizalesis associate director…
‘Reverse site visits’ are a powerful part of MentorLinks
MentorLinks grants include travel support for the faculty members selected as mentees to visit their mentor’s college. Madeline PattonMadeline Patton is an education writer based in Ohio.More Posts
Safety in numbers
The exercise started out fine: Hillsborough Community College (HCC) police academy student Roger Leyton was responding to a domestic disturbance call and was talking with the wife as her husband paced nervously nearby Dennis PierceDennis…
The value of partnerships
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Community college leaders who want to expand their workforce development programs would do well to explore opportunities for innovative programs with foundations and corporations. Some of those programs were profiled at…
Bringing order to credentialing
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Several national initiatives are under way to bring some clarity to the concepts of competencies and credentials – and connect them in a meaningful way. Officials from the American Association of…
Colleges boost rural economies
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — The road in front of Snow College in central Utah is often the site of large livestock drives, yet during a budget crisis in 2012, a former president nearly dropped the…
Partnerships are critical
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — The most innovative ideas and initiatives in workforce education are being developed by partnerships involving community colleges, industry groups, foundations and nonprofits. Key players in some of these efforts described their…