The Trump administration’s push to reach 1 million new registered apprenticeships annually will need more public-private partnerships, as well as help from training providers such as community colleges, U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer told a…
U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said during a House Education and Workforce Committee hearing on Wednesday that risk-sharing and workforce Pell are among her top higher education policy priorities, as related in H.R. 1, aka…
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore visited Montgomery College’s Rockville Campus on Tuesday to announce a new program to help displaced federal workers prepare for teaching jobs. To support the new Teacher Quality and Diversity Program, the…
As the Trump administration champions for expanding registered apprenticeship (RA) programs, a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on RAs examines opportunities to expand these earn-and-learn programs as well some well-known barriers, such as administrative…
Photos from institutional members of the American Association of Community Colleges. Ohio Lt. Governor Jim Tressel and Ohio Department of Higher Education Chancellor Mike Duffey visit Lorain County Community College to tour the college’s microelectronic manufacturing…
The U.S. labor secretary on Thursday again pitched block grants for workforce development programs and expanding apprenticeships, this time to Senate appropriators, some of whom questioned how it could be done when the department seeks…
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is accepting comments to help revise the association’s popular AACC Competencies for Community College Leaders. Many institutions use the guide, which highlights the leadership skills needed to be…
A Senate hearing Wednesday on higher education touched on a lot of topics, but it was the work of community colleges — especially in stretching their modest budgets and providing pathways to good-paying jobs —…
The use of labor market information (LMI) and student outcomes data, as well as the innovative use of technology, are key for improving students’ economic outcomes. Last year, the Project on Workforce and Education Design…
Community college baccalaureate programs continue to become increasingly commonplace as more two-year schools overcome political resistance with a combination of strategic degree build-outs based on student and workforce demand, along with a respectful, partnership-oriented stance…