Helping small businesses and entrepreneurs
House lawmakers on Thursday heard about how community colleges are helping to prepare workers sought by small businesses or to become self-employed — and they also had a chance to ask what Congress can do…
Workforce Development
Washington Watch: Workforce training programs added to BBB Act
The latest incarnation of the House’s Build Back Better Act (BBB), released on Wednesday, adds two major community college-led workforce education programs. Taken together, these programs would award grants totaling $6.1 billion over the next…
Global connections: International education for workforce development and a civil society
International education at community colleges is increasingly recognized as essential for building a more inclusive civil society and ensuring a strong U.S. economy. As the country focuses on issues of equity and workforce development in…
Six ZIP codes, endless impact
A deep dive into data helped officials at Florida’s Broward College understand who they were reaching and, more importantly, who they weren’t. It led to a transformative program serving Broward County – a program that…
Washington Watch: Big gains at stake
Much is at stake for community colleges as Democratic leaders maneuver this week to pass the revised Build Back Better (BBB) plan. Even without America’s College Promise, the legislation contains a bevy of provisions that…
Bringing underrepresented students into STEM
Part of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) mission is “to recruit, retain and develop a diverse, high-performing workforce that draws from all segments of society and values fairness, diversity, and inclusion to promote the progress…
Reporter’s notebook
Eyeing the airline workforceSpeaking of pipelines… Va. college extends its free tuition program Eyeing the airline workforce The pandemic has exacerbated concerns about workforce pipelines for jobs in the aviation industry, according to a new…
DataPoints: Education, income and poverty
From 2019 to 2020, real median incomes among U.S. householders ages 25 and older dropped for all educational attainment groups, according to a recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau, whose collected information coincided with…
DEI and distance learning: Emerging strategies for success
Editor’s note: This article is provided by the Instructional Technology Council, an affiliated council of the American Association of Community Colleges. Over the past several years, many community colleges have engaged in training sessions to increase awareness…
3 approaches to dual-enrollment mechatronics programs
Mechatronics instructors from four two-year colleges reported at the 2021 ATE Principal Investigators’ Conference that dual enrollment is a powerful tool for building their enrollments and addressing employers’ needs for skilled technicians. All four of…