TAACCCT-ical assessment
In Ohio, a group of community colleges has reduced the time it takes for students to earn a credential by awarding credit based on competency rather than seat time. In Mississippi, high school dropouts and…
Workforce Development
Building a better data system
A new “Cradle-to-Career” (C2C) educational data system is taking shape in California, intended to provide an array of information on one platform that will provide tools for students to better navigate the education system and…
Harnessing a smart revolution
Digital technologies are an integral facet of human existence, changing how we find information, the way we communicate and even our behavior. This transition applies to education as well, with the continued growth of artificial…
Starting nursing careers during Covid
Holly Casper and Amber Yow knew that nursing was a personal calling that required compassion, dedication and selflessness in addition to sharp clinical skills. What they didn’t expect was having to tackle their first jobs…
Mentor-Connect continues to tap new faculty teams
Mentor-Connect welcomed 25 teams led by two-year college faculty as its 10th cohort of mentee colleges during a virtual meeting this month. Twenty states are represented in the 2022 cohort, including South Dakota. It is…
Advancing education in artificial intelligence
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has announced a joint commitment with Intel and Dell Technologies to enhance artificial intelligence (AI) education across community and technical colleges in all 50 states by 2023 as…
Reporter’s notebook
In Virginia, scaling up successful training programs In Chicago, more apprenticeship opportunities… …and more STEM opportunitiesAlso, a STEM partnership in Massachusetts Helping more students become architects In Virginia, scaling up successful training programs The Virginia…
Diving into Texas community college finance
The funding formula for Texas’ 50 community college districts has stayed virtually the same since 1973, while the state’s share of two-year schools’ total budgets has steadily declined from nearly two-thirds to less than one-quarter…
Reporter’s notebook
Student loan repayments to start in FebruaryHouse, Senate committees prepare for BBB discussionsNSF Covid Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ChallengeUpdate on fall enrollment figures Student loan repayments to start in February Most federal student loan borrowers…
A call to overhaul youth policy, programs
As Congress prepares to take up legislation that would, in part, infuse billions of dollars into higher education and workforce development, a well-regarded research and policy institute is saying it’s also time to overhaul how…