AdminWorkforce DevelopmentReport: Iowa’s Community Colleges See Decrease in Total Enrollment, Increase in Minority EnrollmentAccording to the Annual Condition of Iowa’s Community Colleges report, the state’s community college enrollment decreased by 1.2 percent in 2018, while tuition increased.January 22, 2019Workforce DevelopmentSalt Lake Community College Partners with Cummins Inc. to Offer Apprentice ProgramSalt Lake Community College (SLCC) has partnered with Cummins Inc. to train service technicians pursuing an associate of applied science degree through the Cummins’ Technician Apprentice Program at the Salt Lake’s Westpointe Workforce Training & Education Center. The program is a partnership between higher education and industry that offers training for a variation of diesel […]January 22, 2019Workforce DevelopmentEconomist Not Accurate in Criticism of Ivy Tech Community CollegeDeveloping an economy “built to last” is hard work. It was just a decade ago that numerous Indiana counties hit double digit unemployment rates during the Great Recession. We applauded the Indiana Economic Development Corp. and the local developers in our communities who attracted new jobs, regardless of their pay. These jobs augmented those provided […]January 17, 2019LeadershipCalifornia Community Colleges Board of Governors Names Exemplary Program Awards Recipient, Honorable MentionsThe California Community Colleges Board of Governors recently recognized Rio Hondo College as the recipient of the 2018-19 Exemplary Program Awards for its alternative fuels program. The schools that received honorable mentions include Riverside City College, Santa Barbara City College and Sierra College. “These colleges are successfully training students to combat climate change and sustainably […]January 17, 2019Workforce DevelopmentWest Virginia Community College Bill Passes First Step in Legislation ProcessSenate Bill 1, legislation designed to provide greater access to community college career education and workforce training, has recently passed the West Virginia Senate Education Committee, but still has a ways to go before the possibility of becoming state legislation. The bill is also presented to the West Virginia Senate Finance Committee before it goes to the […]January 17, 2019FacultyNew Maricopa County District President to Propose Bringing Back Faculty Negotiation ProcessDr. Linda M. Thor, newly elected president of the Maricopa County Community College District Governing Board, has announced she will soon propose to bring back a previous board decision that stopped a “meet and confer” faculty negotiation process that the board ended last year. “Meet and confer” was previously used to negotiate faculty salaries and […]January 17, 2019LeadershipHeartland Community College Board Contemplate Increase in Tuition, FeesHeartland Community College’s Board of Trustees are considering an increase to tuition and fees beginning next fall as a result of a recent deficit in the college’s budget that is projected to continue next year.January 17, 2019AcademicsAssociate’s Degree in Cowboy Arts now Available at Mesalands Community CollegeStudents at Mesalands Community College, located in Tucumcari, New Mexico, will now be able to pursue an associate’s degree program in Cowboy Arts. The program started around eight years ago as one class, a spur making class, and recently evolved into an associates of applied science degree, Cowboy Arts lead instructor Eddy Mardis told ABC7 […]January 15, 2019AcademicsReport Outlines Persistence of Community College Transfer StudentsA new report from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation (JKCF) aims to dispel misperceptions about the success and perseverance of community college students, particularly those who transfer to selective four-year institutions.January 15, 2019Blogs/OpinionA Simple Proposal to Revive the American DreamDuring the industrial age, when high school was the gateway to the American dream, public-school systems covered the costs of earning a diploma. Today, however, as associate’s degrees have replaced high-school diplomas as the indispensable ticket into the middle class, families are forced to cover the costs of tuition and more. If the information-age economy […]January 15, 2019Previous PagePage 101 of 286Next Page
