As Congress and the Trump administration work to develop legislation that addresses the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is simultaneously striving to reflect the needs of its member…
When the president of Greenville Technical College brought together a team to take a hard look at persistence and retention, that group found that African-American males were lagging behind others. Alecia Watt is director of…
Bunker Hill Community College in Massachusetts, like all community colleges across the country, serves thousands of disadvantaged students each year. While many of these students are successful in starting a career or advancing their education,…
As in previous campaigns, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has just released an agenda for the presidential candidates and the next administration. Higher education issues are almost sure to be prominent issues into the…
When people work in silos, so many opportunities are lost. More gets accomplished when collaboration reigns. Natalie Harder is chancellor of South Louisiana Community College. In 2019, she was named NCMPR’s National Pacesetter of the…
Noncredit programs have been welcoming students and promoting career and college pathways for decades, regardless of individuals’ educational, personal or immigration status. Madelyn Arballo is associate vice president of the School of Continuing Education at…
The nature of work is changing right before our eyes. Technology advancements are transforming existing industries and creating new ones at an unprecedented pace. Hope Cotner is president and CEO of the Center for Occupational…
An educated citizenry, Thomas Jefferson once said, is vital for our survival as a free people. At the San Diego Community College District, the tuition-free San Diego Promise program not only provides access to a…
This article is part of a bimonthly series provided by the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations (NCMPR), an affiliated council of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). It previously was published in…
We don’t know much about Steven Hurst’s background, but what we do know is at some point he made a poor decision that landed him in Sheriff Michael Atkinson’s jail in Walton County, Florida. Steven’s…