A new study on earnings returns for short-term workforce education programs in Texas shows a modest but statistically significant increase in pay for participants over the two years following completion, though it varies by duration…
With the fourth quarter of 2025 underway and the new year fast approaching, America’s community colleges are preparing for mid-academic-year reviews that will prove critical amid an evolving political and economic landscape. One intertwined political…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Monday announced a slate of new programs under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) to support initiatives related to artificial intelligence (AI), civic discourse, accreditation and…
A compilation of CC Daily articles on the 2025 Advanced Technological Education Principal Investigators’ Conference October 29-31. Living proof of being resilient by designAt Wednesday’s kick-off of the annual Advanced Technological Education Principal Investigators Conference…
A wide-ranging Senate hearing on expanding apprenticeships held on Wednesday included discussions on the critical role that community colleges can play in growing the programs in industries that need skilled workers. The hearing held by…
Two New Jersey community colleges have collaborated on a unique forum about the future of agriculture in the northwest part of the state, bringing together leaders in farming, education and politics with the hope of…
For most of the 52 community college students and alumni who participated in the 2025 ATE Principal Investigators’ Conference’s student poster session last week, it was their first time in Washington, D.C. For all but…
During her presentation at the 2025 Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Principal Investigators’ Conference, Karen Wosczyna-Birch shared that a recent survey in Connecticut found that the biggest challenge facing manufacturers and manufacturing educators is not that…
They gathered in the nation’s capital during a prolonged federal government shutdown. Right before the stoppage, congressional Republicans eyed to further cut federal spending — perhaps even trimming funding for the very program that supports…
While most community college leaders verbally connect workforce and economic development, there is often little understanding beyond asserting this connection. As a result, community colleges have been unable to articulate a vision that emphasizes economic…