The U.S. Education Department on Friday announced a new CARES Act-funded grant program focused on short-term job training for in-demand occupations and entrepreneurship development. The CARES Act provided $307.5 million for discretionary grants, which Education…
Leaders of seven community college-based organizations on Thursday addressed an array of issues pertaining to the pandemic and equity, but two topics seemed to permeate through most of the discussion: Ensuring students have the technology…
What jobs and their availability will look like in the wake of COVID-19 is uncertain, but there is little doubt the landscape of employment is changing. “Before the pandemic, it was a seller’s market in…
The Rise Prize finalistsUndecided high school students mull their options The Rise Prize finalists Organizers of the inaugural Rise Prize on Wednesday announced 26 finalists for the award that include four projects at community colleges….
At Techtonic, a small software developer based in Boulder, Colorado, the idea for starting an apprenticeship program began in 2016 when the company wanted to see if it could hire locally rather than looking abroad….
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Portland Community College’s nursing program has moved entirely online using innovative software that allows its students to care for actor patients in real-time. The pivot has allowed its students to…
Seeking assistance from the Senate Higher education organizations are hoping to convince GOP leaders in the Senate to support another pandemic recovery package that would include at least $46.6 billion to help colleges and their…
A New Mexico community college is working with a group of other stakeholders to develop a new way to more easily track workers’ credentials and skills to better align them with workplace needs. Central New…
As of May 28, 36.5 million Americans filed for unemployment insurance, a number far worse than the 2.7 million claims most economists were expecting and predicting. The U.S. Department of Labor reported a loss of…
As community college faculty have developed innovative practices for their virtual classes during the coronavirus pandemic, some are planning to retain those strategies when their campuses reopen. Faculty members have discovered some silver linings with…