College organizations seek COVID-19 limited liability protectionsSenators ask ED for FAFSA changesDems pitch $50B childcare billDOL Job Corps Scholars grants include community collegesSenate hearing next week focuses on colleges reopening College organizations seek COVID-19 limited…
Until recently, community college presidents were bracing for plummeting enrollments in the summer term due to the coronavirus pandemic. But as early-starting summer classes have begun, some community college leaders are reporting enrollments that are…
It is an American higher education original that delivers so much to so many for so little, and yet its full impact is often underappreciated. It is a lack of awareness that could be potentially…
When the Great Recession hit in December 2007 and extended into 2009, key industry sectors imploded and unemployment in the United States more than doubled, to 10 percent. In New York, Borough of Manhattan Community…
Leaders from three state community college systems this week gave an overview of the challenges facing two-year colleges as a result of the coronavirus, from lingering questions regarding how they can use CARES Act funds,…
A national advisory group charged with developing ways to better prepare workers for available jobs is putting a skilled workforce front and center in the country’s economic recovery. During its virtual meeting on Tuesday, the…
Of all of the dire predictions making headlines regarding COVID-19, one that does not appear to make the news is this: community colleges were and are well-positioned to address student needs during and after this…
The day after Memorial Day, Clark State Community College in Springfield, Ohio, will launch an online short-term training program that will prepare contact tracers to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. The college developed…
AACC/ACCT hope to see training funding in HEROES ActNew ED guidance on regs and reporting requirementsAdmin salary reductions part of Ohio college’s budget-cutting planCovering colleges’ nursing test feesNew baccalaureate programs in Wyoming AACC/ACCT hope to…
Organizations, including community colleges, can now apply to serve as third-party entities that would review applications for new industry-recognized apprenticeship programs, or IRAPs. On the same day federal regulations for IRAPs went into effect, the…