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…
Minnesota expands workforce grantsCredit to encourage students to take classes onlineED OKs 6 more state Perkins plans Minnesota expands workforce grants The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system this fall is expanding a scholarship program…
Third wave of Perkins state plan approvalsFlorida’s plan to reopen schools, college campuses Third wave of Perkins state plan approvals The U.S. Education Department (ED) on Friday announced the approval of the next group of…
President on the move Falecia D. Williams will be the ninth president of Prince George’s Community College in Maryland, effective in August. She comes from Valencia College in Orlando, Florida, where she was president of…
The U.S. Education Department on Friday announced the first wave of approved state career and technical education (CTE) plans pertaining to the Perkin Act reauthorization signed by the president in 2018. Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland,…
A national advisory group charged with developing ways to better prepare workers for available jobs is putting a skilled workforce front and center in the country’s economic recovery. During its virtual meeting on Tuesday, the…
Organizations, including community colleges, can now apply to serve as third-party entities that would review applications for new industry-recognized apprenticeship programs, or IRAPs. On the same day federal regulations for IRAPs went into effect, the…
The latest unemployment rate for El Paso, Texas, is about 17 percent, compared to 3.8 percent in February prior to the coronavirus pandemic. It’s likely to approach and even surpass 20 percent when final figures…