Community college advocates on Tuesday got a legislative update and pep talk from a handful of House lawmakers before they visited with their congressional representatives in an effort to secure more funding for critical federal…
The heating and cooling industry has a problem when it comes to developing a pipeline for its workforce. The good-paying jobs are there, but young people just aren’t interested in them. Matthew DembickiMatthew Dembicki edits…
Borough of Manhattan Community College’s (BMCC) Out in Two program got a boost with a $1 million gift from the Herbert and Audrey Rosenfield Fund. Tabitha WhissemoreTabitha Whissemore is a contributor to Community College Daily…
During a House Education and Labor Committee hearing on Tuesday that looked at barriers to work, some lawmakers and panelists supported the idea of allowing students participating in the Federal Work-Study (FWS) program to find…
Policy & advocacy ED expanding Pell for prisoners program The U.S. Education Department is launching a new Federal Work-Study pilot program that will include apprenticeships, as well as expanding the Second Chance Pell pilot program…
The U.S. Education Department (ED) is launching a new Federal Work-Study (FWS) pilot program that will include apprenticeships, as well as expanding a pilot program that allows eligible inmates to use Pell grants for a…
Baking his way to the top Community colleges are on a (perfectly baked and decorated) roll. Last week, Cory Barrett, a culinary instructor at Michigan’s Kalamazoo Valley Community College (KVCC), won Food Network’s “Spring Baking Championship.”…
There’s little doubt that “wraparound” services — tutoring, counseling, child care, transportation and other non-instructional services — can help students, especially those at community colleges, complete their credentials. The issue is whether states and the…
In recommending a new $150 million career and education program geared toward community colleges, House appropriators looked at the success of a previous program: The Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College Career Training (TAACCCT) grants program….
BALTIMORE — For years big data has been touted as the go-to source to determine student success. But that view may be changing as the education field looks at other factors in determining success, from…