Businesses need employees with the right skills. Meeting this goal is a constant challenge. Pre-Covid-19, 7 million job openings went unfilled, attributable in large part to a skills gap. The economy recovering from the pandemic…
Senate confirms Walsh as labor secretaryBills to reauthorize TRIO programs, help rural studentsSix ways to improve transfer of credits Senate confirms Walsh as labor secretary The Senate on Monday confirmed Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to…
A year ago, our country, and the world, shut down in order to slow the spread of the deadly Covid-19 virus. Community colleges, the bastion of open access, quickly and effectively moved to online teaching…
The chair of the House Education and Labor Committee on Wednesday reiterated his support to allow Pell grants to cover qualifying short-term training programs, noting that community colleges would play a key role in such…
A pilot program that trains low-income individuals to attain entry-level healthcare jobs that hopefully lead to more education and better-paying positions is getting a closer look by Congress. The Worker and Family Support Subcommittee, which…
Darrel J. Kesler was confident he had a good idea for a new agriculture program at his Indiana community college, but the two times he applied for National Science Foundation (NSF) funding, it was turned…
The National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program offers several types of mentoring for community college faculty and administrators to help them prepare competitive proposals to the ATE program. All of these initiatives share…
Since Covid-19 abruptly changed how community college leaders live and work, the American Association for Women in Community Colleges (AAWCC) conducted a study that focused on the new and unique challenges of women working at…
When Rep. David Trone (D-Maryland) in February 2019 visited University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Western Maryland’s new behavioral health unit in its emergency services department, he was briefed on its plans for a Center for Hope…
Congress in December lifted a ban that, since 1994, has prevented access to Pell grants for people in prison. That means nearly half a million inmates could be eligible for Pell, according to the Vera…