Supporting the advocates
Dr. Jill Biden on Monday morning gave a pep talk to the nation’s community college trustees and presidents who are in Washington, D.C., this week to chat with lawmakers about the needs of their students…
Workforce Development
Headlines
A community college ‘Promise’ for Texas high schoolersPublic News ServiceThe AlamoPROMISE program, a free tuition program at five San Antonio community colleges, is making a difference for hundreds of students. Minnesota governor’s budget proposal would…
Bearish on training to attract industry
In 2020, Arizona Western College was the first community college in the country to receive Transatlantic Business and Investment Council certification. That means that the college’s advanced manufacturing programming meets European Union standards. Arizona Western…
Washington Watch: Promising news for short-term Pell
In a stunning substantive and political victory for community colleges, the U.S. House on Friday approved an amendment to competitiveness legislation that would establish new Pell Grant eligibility for short-term training programs and create a…
Interagency efforts on equity in job training
Various federal agencies are dipping into the workforce development area as the Biden administration looks to build more equitable education and job training pathways toward good-paying jobs. Federal officials from various agencies highlighted their recent…
Addressing equity gaps in workforce development
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the current issue of the Community College Journal, published by the American Association of Community Colleges. Addressing equity gaps in career and technical education (CTE) and workforce development…
Reporter’s notebook
Defining rural-serving institutionsMaking an economic differenceNew York college’s cyber program gets NSA designation Defining rural-serving institutions A tool developed by the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges (ARRC) uses a new metric to better identify…
Funding roundup
St. Petersburg College (SPC) will work to connect students with jobs using a $1 million grant from Bank of America. The funding supports the job placement of students who are near the end of their…
Thumbs up: Mentors recommend CCIC to colleagues
The Community College Innovation Challenge’s (CCIC) evaluation data contain rare 100% ratings. All 12 faculty or college administrator mentors whose student teams qualified as finalists for the 2021competition reported that they would recommend involvement in…
CCIC opens opportunities for participants
Sharna Jahan Hossain, Dallas Elleman and Sophia Ibargüen are community college alumni from different corners of the country who have something very special in common: participating in the Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC) has moved…