The Maine Community College System’s groundbreaking short-term workforce training program has received another big funding boost after having successfully trained more than 26,000 students in less than three years specifically for jobs employers need to…
Recent college graduates generally see their education as a good investment for their career, but many also feel they aren’t skilled in using artificial intelligence (AI) as they would like to be, according to a…
Eleven community colleges and systems will receive a total of $8 million from the Lowe’s Foundation to help expand their career and technical education efforts, from adding and expanding programs, to facility upgrades and hiring…
Eighteen community colleges are joining the ranks of the Metallica Scholars Initiative, the popular workforce development effort created by the rock band Metallica to assist community college students. With the addition of the sixth cohort,…
Community colleges can now apply for grants in the fifth round of funding through the U.S. Department of Labor’s $65 million Strengthening Community Colleges Training (SCCT) Grants program. The program aims to help community colleges…
ED rolls out proposed higher ed regs, HSI initiative Intel launches new apprenticeship program in Arizona Seven colleges win Lumina’s Instagram Challenge Alamo Colleges up for Baldrige Award again ED rolls out proposed higher ed…
A new project is exploring how community college and public libraries can collaborate more on promoting and providing services and resources to better serve their communities. Ithaka S+R is studying opportunities where the two types…
House committee’s GOP targets apprenticeship regs Education for workforce development a focus for new NGA chair San Diego district to place $3.5B bond measure on ballot House committee’s GOP targets apprenticeship regs A few days…
Both chambers of Congress have legislation that would allow the use of Pell grants for certain short-term workforce education programs (called Workforce Pell). A bipartisan House bill moved through committee late last year, while a…
Students seeking to enroll in a bachelor’s degree program face many challenges, whether they are entering a college or university directly from high school, transferring to a college or university after completion of an associate…