New Jersey public two-year colleges and county vocational-technical schools have agreed to work closer together to expand high-quality educational opportunities that will better prepare students for success in high-demand careers. The New Jersey Council of…
NYC employers team to hire 100,000 workers by 2030Wyoming governor allocates grants for adult learnersFoundation seeks proposals for higher ed learning in prisonA Green Ribbon for their green thumbsArkansas college to offer military science and…
Washington Watch is written by AACC’s government relations office. Yesterday, Joe Schaffer, president of Laramie County Community College, testified on behalf of his college as well as the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) before…
“If it can be done online, it will be online.” I heard a Hyundai Corp. executive make this observation in a meeting with business leaders as the world struggled to emerge from the Great Recession…
House appropriators pass FY21 funding billWashington state seeks hold on rule regarding international students House appropriators pass FY21 funding bill The House Appropriations Committee on Monday approved the fiscal year 2021 Labor, Health and Human…
The coronavirus pandemic has caused some community colleges and employers to temporarily suspend apprenticeship programs. Many of those programs, however, are going forward online or with accommodations to protect workers’ health. The bulk of apprenticeship…
Arapahoe Community College (ACC) in Colorado is launching the first-ever apprenticeship for community association managers in August. ACC is developing the five-semester program in partnership with the Community Association Institute – Rocky Mountain Chapter and…
New Jersey recovered economically, and – to some extent, emotionally – from 9/11, the Great Recession of 2009, and SuperStorm Sandy thanks in large part to the state’s community colleges. In the aftermath of those…
President Trump on Friday signed an executive order requiring federal agencies to focus their hiring based on job seekers’ skills, rather than on whether they earned a college degree. The order, which was signed during…
Americans continue to have a strongly favorable view of community colleges, according to the Varying Degrees 2020 report from New America. Based on an accompanying survey, the report says the public believes two-year institutions are…