Workforce Development

A close look at state funding policies

Community colleges today serve a wide range of students — from degree-seeking to dual enrollment to noncredit students. However, not all state funding policies have kept up with this reality. A new project from the…


What higher ed leaders could learn from Project 2025

Higher education leaders across America have been white-knuckle doomscrolling on their cell phones in recent weeks, aghast at headlines warning about what a conservative takeover of the White House and Congress in November might mean…


Reporter’s notebook

New Jersey college to open academy to serve adults with autism California system targets nursing shortages Iowa college among Career Z Challenge finalists New Jersey college to open academy to serve adults with autism New…


Investing in biotech equipment to prep students

How’s your college’s flow cytometer? Check on its bioprinter lately? Or the wave bioreactor? These are among the equipment Lone Star College (LSC) recently purchased as part of a $500,000 investment for its biotechnology and…


Reporter’s notebook

Chicago colleges, HHS team to develop pipeline for HHS careers California 4-year system sees bump in transfer students Pima college part of Arizona’s ReadyTechGo network Chicago colleges, HHS to develop pipeline for HHS careers City…


Fostering youth interest in CTE, via mechatronics

Oregon’s Portland Community College (PCC) is leading a collaborative effort to grow local high school students’ interest in mechatronics — and give them college credit for it. PCC’s Portland Area Career and Technical Education Consortium…


Snapshots

Photos from member institutions of the American Association of Community Colleges. David Daigler (right), president of the Maine Community College System, shakes hands with Dannel Malloy, chancellor of the University of Maine, after signing the Transfer…



Reporter’s notebook

Big growth in apprenticeships in North Carolina New apprenticeship program with Kraft Heinz Gauging civic learning in curriculum Big growth in apprenticeships in North Carolina North Carolina saw a 45% increase in registered apprentice enrollments…


DataPoints: Bipartisan support for CC baccalaureates

At a time when almost everything in the country seems to tilt either to the right or the left, community college baccalaureate (CCB) degrees are a notable exception. Twenty-four states now confer CCB degrees, according…