The 28th Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Principal Investigators’ Conference opened Wednesday with a discussion of the nation’s supply chain that provided insights about the opportunities for community colleges and their students that exist amid the…
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) has released the nine fiscal year (FY) 22 appropriations bills that the committee has not yet considered. The bills do not have bipartisan support and serve mainly as…
House bill aims to help older workersThreading new skills Partnership offers computer science degrees to Egyptian students House bill aims to help older workers House Democrats this week introduced legislation to help older workers upgrade…
In March 2020, the trailer that Eric Wooldridge expected would be the headliner of his MOBILE AMP Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) had been delivered to Somerset Community College…
Editor’s note: Recent photos from member colleges of the American Association of Community Colleges. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear this month joined college leaders and state and local officials to open Bluegrass Community and Technical College’s $2.7 million…
The demand for teachers in the United States exceeded the supply by more than 100,000 in 2019 for the first time ever, according to the Washington-based Learning Policy Institute, and that was before the challenges…
I recently read something that inspired me to carefully reflect on community colleges. In a passage about the history of the sector, it noted that “great challenges faced the United States … including global economic…
Many people in this country look at their circumstances and can’t imagine that there’s a different and better life for them. Approximately 10.6 million people go to jail each year in the United States with…
In general, the higher the degree earned, the higher the earnings. For example, an associate degree increases lifetime earnings over a high school diploma by 25%, according to a new report from the Georgetown University…
Five years ago, my response to that question would have been much different than it is now. At that time, I was advising a family member and recommended that an associate degree program should be…