Pride Month and beyond
With Pride Month upon us, the Community College of Aurora (CCA) is taking steps to ensure that all people feel safe, welcomed and accepted as they embark on their educational journey. CCA is the most…
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Washington Watch: Some hope for Workforce Pell bill
There is an outside chance that the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act (H.R, 6585), which was pulled from scheduled House floor action six weeks ago, may receive a floor vote as an amendment untitled amendment to…
Washington Watch: ADA requirements extended to websites, apps
Community college officials spending this summer preparing to implement a litany of new federal regulations have another to add to their to-do list. The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) final rule defining accessible web and…
How marketing ROI can help colleges make better marketing decisions
As the use of personalization and digital communication has increased in marketing over the past decade, the ability for community colleges to track marketing return on investment (ROI) has also grown. With the splintering of…
House Ag Committee passes Farm Bill proposal
The House Agriculture Committee on May 24 completed a 13-hour markup of the Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2024 – House Republicans’ proposal to reauthorize the Farm Bill – and approved the bill…
An affordable higher education option
Chasing her dream of working as a welder, Andrea Jarvis didn’t hesitate to enroll at San Diego College of Continuing Education (SDCCE). “The college has so much to offer minority women,” Jarvis said. “There is…
Guided pathways and faculty buy-in
Community colleges have internalized the identity that they have democratized higher education with their open-access and open-enrollment practices. Yet a history of high enrollment and low completion rates constantly keeps them struggling to find ways…
House agriculture panel marks up Farm Bill proposal
The House Agriculture Committee on Thursday held a markup of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, the House Republicans’ proposal to reauthorize the Farm Bill. The Farm Bill is the governing legislation…
Challenging assumptions, embracing possibilities
It’s unbelievable to me that I am soon ending a nearly 40-year career in higher education. In 1984, it was my good fortune to land a job in the admissions department at Stanford University and…
Removing barriers for the future healthcare workforce
Houston houses one of the most renowned medical communities in the world. However, the current healthcare workforce shortage in Texas has severely impacted the city, with large swaths of the Gulf Coast Region deemed medically underserved….