Workforce Development



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….


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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten…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…



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…