AdminWorkforce DevelopmentGet ready for the ‘new-collar’ workforce, where training can trump the traditional degreeAs technology seeps into everything from teaching to manufacturing, skilled workers with two-year degrees in computer science, cyber security and software development are increasingly in demand – and supply is struggling to keep up. Hundreds of thousands of tech industry jobs are going unfilled, and companies are realizing that universities aren’t the only places they’ll […]December 6, 2018Workforce DevelopmentCommunity college program gives military students credit for their serviceBefore Central Virginia Community College classes were set to start this fall Marine Zachary Farrell stopped by the school’s Veterans Resource Center to go over his military transcript. The move, which introduced him to the Credits2Careers program and saved him from taking an unnecessary class, is one CVCC is hopes it can get more veterans […]December 6, 2018LeadershipPeralta Community College District earns lowest fiscal rating; placed on watchThe Peralta Community College District is in financial trouble and will need “enhanced monitoring” by its accreditors, who found the district and its four East Bay colleges achieving the lowest possible score on tests of fiscal health, The Chronicle has learned. The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges gave the $150 million college district […]December 6, 2018LeadershipPasadena City College’s incoming president says listening first on her agendaPasadena City College will soon have a new president, veteran community college leader and historian Erika A. Endrijonas. Her first order of business? Checking in with students, faculty, staff and residents of the communities served by PCC. “The first thing I’m going to do is basically listen — talk to the various communities and constituencies, […]December 6, 2018Blogs/OpinionCollective strengths and action leverage southern Oregon’s assetsOn a postcard-worthy fall day about a year ago at the Green Springs Inn — appropriately about halfway between Klamath Falls and Ashland — an idea began to germinate: southern Oregon’s public colleges and universities could pool assets to address some of our region’s biggest issues. By the end of our meeting, the presidents of […]December 4, 2018LeadershipEngineering Academy expands to all Dallas collegesStudents enrolled in STEM courses – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – at any college in the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) can now co-enroll in Texas A&M University’s acclaimed engineering program. The partnership between the Texas A&M-Chevron Engineering Academy and DCCCD is an innovative method of addressing the need to put more engineers […]December 4, 2018LeadershipSchool board OKs concurrent enrollment at future facilityPlans are moving forward for a concurrent enrollment program that would allow Douglas County high school students to expedite a college degree or receive workforce training without leaving Castle Rock. At a Douglas County School Board meeting on Nov. 27, six board members — Anthony Graziano was absent — unanimously approved three pathways in the […]December 4, 2018FinanceClark State students have saved $265,000 so far due to programClark State Community College has saved full-time students thousands of dollars in tuition cost over the last three years. The school announced that about $265,000 has been saved by students because of the college’s Tuition Challenge Program. The program’s goal is to award students who go to school full-time and are successful. Read moreDecember 4, 2018Workforce DevelopmentThis community college plans to offer four-year degrees in Southern KentuckyStudents in Southern Kentucky will be able to get four-year degrees at Somerset Community College through partnerships with several universities, officials announced Monday. Leaders in the area have long wished for a public, four-year university in the Lake Cumberland region, saying it would make it easier for people to get bachelor’s degrees and would also […]December 4, 2018Blogs/OpinionThe future of work is entrepreneurialWhy do so many people not understand the power of entrepreneurship? Perhaps the word “entrepreneurial” gives them hives or they have no idea how the word even applies to them. After all, they are not interested in starting a business so why should they care? Here is why: Entrepreneurship is about so much more than […]November 30, 2018Previous PagePage 107 of 286Next Page
