In 2020, after more than 200 years, the Remington Arms factory in Ilion, New York, shut its doors, and nearly 250 mainly skilled labor employees without college degrees were let go. But fortunately, Mohawk Valley…
Sixty percent of former community college students cite work goals as the main reason they enrolled at a two-year college, but only about half of those individuals say their education helped to fulfill those goals,…
After tapering off somewhat during the Great Recession and even more dramatically during the Covid pandemic, community college enrollments overall appear to be blooming this fall in varying degrees, according to reports from more than…
Other community colleges that responded to CC Daily’s inquiry also mostly have positive numbers to report as of August. Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland was up 4.4% in headcount and 6.3% in full-time equivalent (FTE)…
Her hands once cuddled her newborn. They provided care for accident victims as an emergency medical technician. Battled blazes as a volunteer firefighter. Grabbed severed ankle ligaments after a car crash. Clenched when she could…
The ability to land a better job and earn more money is typically the top response when countering skeptics about the value of higher education, but a new study from Gallup and Lumina Foundation shows…
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has announced a new cohort for the MentorLinks: Advancing Technological Education program with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The MentorLinks initiative pairs experienced community college mentors…
The huge influx of federal funding for infrastructure projects across the country will yield results only if it has the trained workforce to do the job. And that will require attracting prospective employees into certain…
Photos submitted by member colleges of the American Association of Community Colleges. Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina (second from left), chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, this week visited Forsyth Technical…
When the Sanford Contractors Construction Academy launched earlier this summer, nobody knew quite what to expect. It was a new idea that had been in the works for a while — and there were even…