For those of us who serve in community colleges, the connection between educational opportunity and robust civic engagement is a daily reality. Community colleges have long stood as pillars of civic infrastructure, anchoring access, fostering…
When U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon recently called on university presidents and governing boards to restore public trust in higher education, she issued an invitation every college leader should welcome. Americans deserve institutions that are…
The Education Department (ED) is reminding colleges about reporting deadlines, particularly for gainful employment/financial value transparency (GE/FVT) and the new Student Tuition and Transparency (STATS) and Earnings Accountability framework. ED guidance posted this week reminds…
In an era defined by demographic shifts, workforce disruption and increasing accountability, community colleges are being called to evolve more rapidly than ever before. At Marion Technical College in Ohio, this moment of pressure became…
Community colleges have long prepared students for employment, expanded educational opportunities and responded to local workforce needs. Today, advances in artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, automation, quantum technologies and digital systems are rapidly reshaping industries and…
For a working parent weighing a return to college, the decision rarely starts with a program brochure. It starts with a quieter question: Can I actually do this? That question sits at the center of…
When generative artificial intelligence (AI) began to rapidly spread across college campuses, many institutions responded with understandable caution. Faculty worried about plagiarism. Administrators had concerns about academic integrity. Others raised important questions about privacy, bias…
Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Monday sent a “National Call to Action” to all college and university presidents to respond to what she termed was a “drift from the principles that built up so much…
Nearly 700 students earned degrees and certificates this spring at Western Nevada College (WNC), marking the largest graduating class in the history of the college. For a small rural community college serving more than 12,000…
This spring, a student named Cedric graduated from Forsyth Technical Community College (North Carolina) with his associate degree in nursing. He’d stopped out once before finishing it, and he came back through NC Reconnect, the…