AdminWorkforce DevelopmentColleges Reach Out to Businesses on Workforce NeedsMONTGOMERY, AL – Community colleges across Alabama are reaching out to businesses, asking how they can prep students to meet the state’s labor demand. Jimmy Baker, the chancellor of the Alabama Community College System, said the board for the system noticed there was a lack of skilled laborers for the companies across the state. “What […]October 5, 2018LeadershipOhio Lawmakers Offer Plan to Ease Cost of CollegeUniversal tuition guarantees, tuition rates that vary by the type of degree, and more use of programs to make college quicker to complete are among the recommendations proposed this week by a bipartisan legislative committee. “We’re thinking this report is a road map for the next budget. It was a good process,” said Rep. Mike […]October 5, 2018LeadershipTennessee Reports Highest Graduation RateThe College System of Tennessee has seen a growth in enrollment and Tennessee Promise and Tennessee Reconnect participants, as well as the highest graduation rate recorded. Enrollment in the College System has grown slightly, with 88,352 students enrolled in community colleges in the system, according to the preliminary numbers. Numbers were announced at the Board of […]October 5, 2018LeadershipFederal Help on the Way for Students Hit by HurricaneCollege students affected by Hurricane Florence could be eligible for grants totaling $2.8 million that were announced Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Education. The grants would go to students who are deemed financially needy, with priority to those who are currently on Pell Grants. The emergency money was made available by the Federal Supplemental […]October 5, 2018AcademicsIn First Year of R.I. Promise, Retention IncreasesWARWICK, R.I. — The Community College of Rhode Island this week released new data indicating that 62 percent of full-time, fresh-out-of-high-school students who entered the college in the fall of 2017 — the first Rhode Island Promise cohort — returned this fall, and 22 percent are on track to graduate within a two-year time frame. […]October 4, 2018Workforce DevelopmentMassachusetts Works to Close Cybersecurity Skills GapsIn 2017, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced the creation of the Cybersecurity Growth and Development Center at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative. Now called the MassCyberCenter, the organization is helping institutions provide students with skills training for entry-level cybersecurity jobs, through a grant program called the Massachusetts Cybersecurity Workforce Challenge. Read moreOctober 4, 2018Other NewsCorporations Turn to Colleges to Meet Workforce NeedsSince its inception in 1998, Google has grown to one of the most powerful technology companies in the world. Now it is taking that influence directly to the classroom with an information technology program. The eight-month long, online certificate program, launched in January, aims to supply in demand IT workers for a growing industry. According to […]October 4, 2018Blogs/OpinionMixed Results“Free college” is an increasingly popular idea to help students afford higher education. Sen. Bernie Sanders made it a centerpiece of his 2016 presidential campaign. But well before then, cities — usually using private, philanthropic funding — had been experimenting with innovative programs to boost college graduation rates by promising to pay tuition for students […]October 2, 2018LeadershipDean Says Gender Discrimination Led to FiringA longtime dean at Lehigh Carbon Community College claims she was fired due to gender discrimination, according to a federal lawsuit. The lawsuit filed Thursday says Glynis Daniels was fired in May 2017 after serving since 2008 as the school’s associate dean of institutional research and effectiveness. She claims in the lawsuit her treatment at work changed […]October 2, 2018LeadershipN.J. Governor Announces First Step Toward Free CollegeCRANFORD – Ocean County College was one of thirteen community colleges chosen for Gov. Phil Murphy’s “Community College Innovation Challenge,” which will provide the institutions $250,000 grants each for student outreach, recruitment and support at no cost to more than 13,000 eligible students statewide. The pilot program will start for the Spring 2019 semester. It […]October 2, 2018Previous PagePage 119 of 286Next Page
