Community colleges help train skilled workers for the construction industry KOLO (with video) This past Tuesday, the students in the construction class at Western Nevada College weren’t just getting hands-on training. They were getting both…
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Several national initiatives are under way to bring some clarity to the concepts of competencies and credentials – and connect them in a meaningful way. Officials from the American Association of…
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — The most innovative ideas and initiatives in workforce education are being developed by partnerships involving community colleges, industry groups, foundations and nonprofits. Key players in some of these efforts described their…
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — U.S. community colleges interested in starting apprenticeships can learn a lot from longstanding programs in Europe. Several of those models, as well as U.S. initiatives, were highlighted this week in a…
State colleges see surge in bachelor’s degrees, but is it too much of a good thing? Sun Sentinel The number of bachelor degrees offered at Florida community colleges has increased from 30 at four schools…
As the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) expands its Registered Apprenticeship College Consortium (RACC) among community colleges and employer partners, those involved are looking to countries like Germany and Switzerland for inspiration. In some cases,…
Rhode Island is joining the growing list of states with a $30 million proposal to cover two years of tuition at their public colleges for qualifying students. Rhode Island Gov. Gina M. Raimondo this week…
Americans with no more than a high school diploma have fallen so far behind college graduates in their economic lives that the earnings gap between college grads and everyone else has reached its widest point…