The passage last week by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce of the College Cost Reduction Act (CCRA, H.R. 6951) means that three important pieces of legislation affecting community colleges and their students…
The Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act was signed into law in 2022, providing $280 billion in funding, with $52.7 billion for American semiconductor research, development, manufacturing and workforce development. Why…
The percentage of working-age adults in the U.S. earning a post-high school credential continues to climb, according to an annual report by Lumina Foundation. The national post-high school education attainment rate among adults 25 to…
It’s still very early in the spring term, but a steady number of community colleges across the country are reporting initial enrollment increases for the new semester, potentially continuing a trend from the fall that…
AACC 2024 will mark the return of the American Association of Community Colleges annual convention to Louisville, Kentucky, since 1960. According to a summary of the 40th AACC convention in the May 1960 Junior College…
NEW ORLEANS — For Pam Eddinger, chairing a 29-member federal advisory panel on apprenticeships wasn’t exactly fun, but it was worth it. And she encourages other two-year college leaders to spearhead efforts locally and regionally…
The U.S. Education Department on Wednesday announced 19 new grant awards totaling $25 million through the first-ever Perkins-funded Career Connected High Schools (CCHS) grant program. Community colleges are the grantees in four of the awards….
NEW ORLEANS — The billions of dollars that the federal government is investing in a multitude of economic development efforts are starting to flow, but the job isn’t done. In fact, it won’t succeed if…
Survey: Growing competition in the training field Colorado initiative to help businesses, workers get back on track Slow progress on comprehensive learner records House bill pitches rural workforce development grants Massachusetts college opens Scholarship Resource…
Central Wyoming College (CWC) professor Jacki Klancher is so enthusiastic about the Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC) that in anticipation of this past Monday’s launch of the 2024 national competition, she sent all her faculty…