Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC) will receive a three-year, $748,218 grant from the National Science Foundation for the project “Water Intense: Interactive Technology Education.” The goal of the project is to develop a virtual reality…
A House appropriations panel on Thursday passed a spending bill for the next fiscal year that would trim several programs important to community colleges, but lawmakers on both sides of the aisle indicated they’re open…
The Accelerating Opportunity (AO) initiative is designed to transform how states work with their adult education programs and community colleges to provide training for underprepared adult learners. AACC StaffMore Posts – Website
One of the reasons for the widening gap between the number of available jobs and qualified employees is an overemphasis on bachelor’s degrees as the only postsecondary path, according to David Harrison, president of Columbus…
Federal gainful employment (GE) regulations were largely designed to ensure that for-profit institutions were not burdening students with loans that they could not repay, given their educational experiences and other factors. Daily StaffCCDaily is published…
At 19, Dalton Sasin’s wizardry with a welding wand is taking him places. This month, he begins a 20-week specialized welding training program in Port Arthur with Cheniere Energy, who recruited him right out of…
Some of the first graduates of the commercial driver license (CDL) program taught through the new Wallace State Community College-Oneonta Center are looking forward to hitting the road and starting new careers. Gail Crutchfieldis the…
Macomb Community College (MCC) in Michigan supports entrepreneurial innovation in a big way. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts – Website
The House has passed legislation to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education (CTE) Act that is similar to a Perkins bill it passed last year. Daily StaffCCDaily is published by the American…
California Gov. Jerry Brown has asked the California community college system to “take whatever steps are necessary” to establish a new, online-only community college. Ellie Ashfordis associate editor of Community College Daily.More Posts – Website